The House by the Church-Yard

	A Prologue—being a dish of village chat	1
I.	The rector's night-walk to his church	9
II.	The nameless coffin	12
III.	Mr. Mervyn in his inn	15
IV.	The Fair-green of Palmerstown	18
V.	How the Royal Artillery entertained some of the
	neighbours at dinner	25
VI.	In which the minstrelsy proceeds	32
VII.	Showing how two gentlemen may misunderstand one another,
	without enabling the company to understand their quarrel	35
VIII.	Relating how Doctor Toole and Captain Devereux went
	on a moonlight errand	40
IX.	How a squire was found for the knight of the rueful
	countenance	44
X.	The dead secret, showing how the fireworker proved to
	Puddock that Nutter had spied out the nakedness of the land	48
XI.	Some talk about the haunted housebeing, as I suppose,
	only old woman's tales	53
XII.	Some odd facts about the Tiled Housebeing an
	authentic narrative of the ghost of a hand	57
XIII.	In which the rector visits the Tiled House,
	and Doctor Toole looks after the Brass Castle	63
XIV.	Relating how Puddock purged O'Flaherty's heada
	chapter which, it is hoped, no genteel person will read	66
XV.	Æsculapius to the rescue	69
XVI.	The ordeal by battle	73
XVII.	Lieutenant Puddock receives an invitation and a rap
	over the knuckles	81
XVIII.	Relating how the gentlemen sat over their claret,
	and how Doctor Sturk saw a face	86
XIX.	In which the gentlemen follow the ladies	91
XX.	In which Mr. Dangerfield visits the church of Chapelizod,
	and Zekiel Irons goes a-fishing	94
XXI.	Relating among other things how Doctor Toole walked
	up to the Tiled House, and of his pleasant discourse with
	Mr. Mervyn	100
XXII.	Telling how Mr. Mervyn fared at Belmont, and of a pleasant
	little dejeuner by the margin of the Liffey	104
XXIII.	Which concerns the grand dinner at the King's House, and
	who were there, and something of their talk, reveries,
	disputes, and general jollity	108
XXIV.	In which two young persons understand one another better,
	perhaps, than ever they did before, without saying so	113
XXV.	In which the sun sets, and the merry-making is kept up
	by candle-light in the King's House, and Lily receives a
	warning which she does not comprehend	116
XXVI.	Relating how the band of the Royal Irish Artillery played,
	and, while the music was going on, how variously different
	people were moved	122
XXVII.	Concerning the troubles and the shapes that began to gather
	about Doctor Sturk	125
XXVIII.	In which Mr. Irons recounts some old recollections about
	the Pied-horse and the Flower de Luce	129
XXIX.	Showing how poor Mrs. Macnamara was troubled and
	haunted too, and opening a budget of gossip	132
XXX.	Concerning a certain woman in black	137
XXXI.	Being a short history of the great battle of Belmont that
	lasted for so many days, wherein the belligerents showed
	so much constancy and valour, and sometimes one side
	and sometimes t'other was victorious	141
XXXII.	Narrating how Lieutenant Puddock and Captain Devereux
	brewed a bowl of punch, and how they sang and discoursed
	together	143
XXXIII.	In which Captain Devereux's fiddle plays a prelude to
	'Over the hills and far away'	146
XXXIV.	In which Lilias hears a stave of an old song and there is a
	leave-taking beside the river	148
XXXV.	In which Aunt Becky and Doctor Toole, in full blow,
	with Dominick the footman, behind, visit Miss Lily at
	the Elms	152
XXXVI.	Narrating how Miss Lilias visited Belmont, and saw a
	strange cocked-hat in the shadow by the window	155
XXXVII.	Showing how some of the feuds in Chapelizod wared
	fiercer, and others were solemnly condoned	158
XXXVIII.	Dreams and troubles, and a dark look-out	163
XXXIX.	Telling how Lilias Walsingham found two ladies awaiting
	her arrival at the Elms	166
XL.	Of a messenger from Chapelizod vault who waited in the
	Tiled House for Mr. Mervyn	168
XLI.	In which the rector comes home, and Lily speaks her
	mind, and time glides on, and Aunt Rebecca calls at
	the Elms	173
XLII.	In which Doctor Sturk tries this way and that for a reprieve
	on the eve of execution	177
XLIII.	Showing how Charles Nutter's blow descended, and what
	part the silver spectacles bore in the crisis	180
XLIV.	Relating how, in the watches of the night, a vision came
	to Sturk, and his eyes were opened	184
XLV.	Concerning a little rehearsal in Captain Cluffe's lodging,
	and a certain confidence between Doctor Sturk and Mr.
	Dangerfield	187
XLVI.	The closet scene, with the part of Polonius omitted	191
XLVII.	In which pale Hecate visits the Mills, and Charles Nutter,
	Esq., orders tea	195
XLVIII.	Swans on the water	202
XLIX.	Swans in the water	206
L.	Treating of some confusion, in consequence, in the club-room
	of the Phoenix and elsewhere, and of a hat that
	was picked up	208
LI.	How Charles Nutter's tea, pipe, and tobacco-box were all
	set out for him in the small parlour at the Mills, and
	how that night was passed in the house by the church-yard	213
LII.	Concerning a rouleau of guineas and the crack of a pistol	218
LIII.	Relating after what fashion Doctor Sturk came home	221
LIV.	In which Miss Magnolia and Doctor Toole, in different
	scenes, prove themselves Good Samaritans; and the
	great Doctor Pell mounts the stairs of the House by the
	Church-yard	225
LV.	In which Doctor Toole, in full costume, stands upon the
	hearth-stone of the club, and illuminates the company
	with his back to the fire	230
LVI.	Doctor Walsingham and the Chapelizod Christians meet
	to the sound of the holy bell, and a vampire sits in the
	church	233
LVII.	In which Doctor Toole and Mr. Lowe make a visit at
	the Mills, and recognise something remarkable while
	there	235
LVIII.	In which one of little Bopeep's sheep comes home again,
	and various theories are entertained respecting Charles
	Nutter and Lieutenant Puddock	239
LIX.	Telling How a Coach Drew Up at the Elms, and Two Fine
	Ladies, Dressed For the Ball, Stepped in.	244
LX.	Being a Chapter of Hoops, Feathers, and Brilliants,
	and Bucks And Fiddlers.	249
LXI.	In Which the Ghosts of a By-gone Sin Keep Tryst.	254
LXII.	Of a Solemn Resolution Which Captain Devereux Registered
	Among His Household Gods, With a Libation.	257
LXIII.	In Which a Liberty Is Taken With Mr. Nutter's Name,
	and Mr. Dangerfield Stands at the Altar.	261
LXIV.	Being a Night Scene, in Which Miss Gertrude Chattesworth,
	Being Adjured By Aunt Becky, Makes Answer.	266
LXV.	Relating Some Awful News That Reached the Village,
	and How Dr. Walsingham Visited Captain Richard
	Devereux at His Lodgings.	271
LXVI.	Of a Certain Tempest That Arose and Shook the
	Captain's Spoons And Tea-cups; and How the Wind
	Suddenly Went Down.	274
LXVII.	In Which a Certain Troubled Spirit Walks	278
LXVIII.	How an Evening Passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole Makes
	a Little Excursion; and Two Choice Spirits Discourse,
	and Hebe Trips in With The Nectar.	281
LXIX.	Concerning a Second Hurricane That Raged in Captain
	Devereux's Drawing-room, and Relating How Mrs. Irons
	Was Attacked With a Sort Of Choking in Her Bed.	285
LXX.	In Which an Unexpected Visitor Is Seen in the
	Cedar-parlour of The Tiled House, and the Story of
	Mr. Beauclerc and the 'flower de Luce' Begins To
	Be Unfolded.	290
LXXI.	In Which Mr. Irons's Narrative Reaches Merton Moor.	295
LXXII.	In Which the Apparition of Mr. Irons Is Swallowed in
	Darkness.	300
LXXIII.	Concerning a Certain Gentleman, with a Black Patch
	Over His Eye, who made some Visits with a Lady,
	in Chapelizod and its Neighbourhood.	304
LXXIV.	In Which Doctor Toole, in His Boots, Visits Mr. Gamble,
	and Sees an Ugly Client of That Gentleman's; and
	Something Crosses an Empty Room.	307
LXXV.	How a Gentleman Paid a Visit at the Brass Castle, and
	There Read A Paragraph in an Old Newspaper.	311
LXXVI.	Relating How the Castle Was Taken, and How Mistress
	Moggy Took Heart Of Grace.	316
LXXVII.	In Which Irish Melody Prevails.	321
LXXVIII.	In Which, While the Harmony Continues in Father Roach's
	Front Parlour, A Few Discords Are Introduced Elsewhere;
	and Doctor Toole Arrives in The Morning With a
	Marvellous Budget of News.	325
LXXIX.	Showing How Little Lily's Life Began To Change Into
	a Retrospect; And How on a Sudden She Began To Feel
	Better.	330
LXXX.	In Which Two Acquaintances Become, on a Sudden,
	Marvellously Friendly In The Church-yard; and Mr.
	Dangerfield Smokes a Pipe in the Brass Castle,
	and Resolves That the Dumb Shall Speak.	333
LXXXI.	In Which Mr. Dangerfield Receives a Visitor, and Makes
	a Call.	339
LXXXII.	In Which Mr. Paul Dangerfield Pays His Respects and
	Compliments At Belmont; Where Other Visitors Also
	Present Themselves.	343
LXXXIII.	In Which the Knight of the Silver Spectacles Makes the
	Acquaintance Of The Sage 'black Dillon,' and Confers
	With Him in His Retreat.	349
LXXXIV.	In Which Christiana Goes Over; and Dan Loftus
	Comes Home.	353
LXXXV.	In Which Captain Devereux Hears the News; and Mr.
	Dangerfield Meets An Old Friend After Dinner.	357
LXXXVI.	In Which Mr. Paul Dangerfield Mounts the Stairs of the
	House by The Church-yard, and Makes Some Arrangements.	364
LXXXVII.	In Which Two Comrades Are Tete-a-tete in Their Old
	Quarters, and Doctor Sturk's Cue Is Cut Off, and a
	Consultation Commences.	370
LXXXVIII.	In Which Mr. Moore the Barber Arrives, and the Medical
	Gentlemen Lock The Door.	376
LXXXIX.	In Which a Certain Songster Treats the Company To a
	Dolorous Ballad Whereby Mr. Irons Is Somewhat Moved.	384
XC.	Mr. Paul Dangerfield Has Something on His Mind, and
	Captain Devereux Receives a Message.	390
XCI.	Concerning Certain Documents Which Clyx.com