HE BETRAYS HIMSELF The confession was entitled, "Memoirs of a Miserable Man." It began abruptly in these words: I "I acknowledge, at the outset, that misfortune has had an effect o
HE BETRAYS HIMSELF The confession was entitled, "Memoirs of a Miserable Man." It began abruptly in these words: I "I acknowledge, at the outset, that misfortune has had an effect o
THE MISTRESS OF TRIMLEY DEEN Three weary months had passed, when a new idea was put into my head by an Englishman whom…
UTTER FAILURE My lawyer took a serious view of the disaster that had overtaken us. He would trust nobody but his head …
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION Twice, I looked into Toller's room during the remainder of the night, and found him sleepi…
THE MILLER'S HOSPITALITY On the way to Toller's cottage, my fears for Cristel weighed heavily on my mind. T…
GLOODY SETTLES THE ACCOUNT A night of fever; a night, when I did slumber for a few minutes, of horrid dreams—this was …
THE CLARET JUG I perceived but one change in the Lodger's miserable room, since I had seen it last. A second tab…
WARNED FOR THE LAST TIME! My loyalty towards the afflicted man, whose friendly advances I had seen good reason to retu…
WARNED AGAIN! The breakfast hour had not yet arrived when I got home. I went into the garden to refresh my eyes—a litt…
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