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The House by the Church-Yard
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Title: The House by the Church-Yard
Author: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Release Date: February 15, 2006 [eBook #17769]
Language: English
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THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD
by
J. SHERIDAN LE FANU
Author of 'Uncle Silas' and 'Torlogh O'brien'
Dublin: James Duffy and Co., Ltd. New York: The MacMillan Company. 1904. Printed by Edmund Burke & Co., 61 & 62 Great Strand Street, Dublin.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. Page
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