The Lancashire Witches eBook

William Harrison Ainsworth

Table of Contents
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Start of eBook	1
BOOK THE SECOND.	1
BOOK THE THIRD.	1
INTRODUCTION.	1
CHAPTER I.—THE BEACON ON PENDLE HILL.	1
CHAPTER II.—THE ERUPTION.	12
CHAPTER III.—WHALLEY ABBEY.	17
CHAPTER IV.—THE MALEDICTION.	25
CHAPTER V.—THE MIDNIGHT MASS.	29
CHAPTER VI.—TETER ET FORTIS CARCER.	34
CHAPTER VII.—THE ABBEY MILL.	39
CHAPTER VIII.—THE EXECUTIONER.	47
CHAPTER IX.—WISWALL HALL.	51
CHAPTER X.—THE HOLEHOUSES.	54
END OF THE INTRODUCTION.	57
BOOK THE FIRST.	57
CHAPTER I.—THE MAY QUEEN.	57
CHAPTER II.—THE BLACK CAT AND THE WHITE DOVE.	66
CHAPTER III.—THE ASSHETONS.	70
CHAPTER IV.—ALICE NUTTER.	84
CHAPTER V.—MOTHER CHATTOX.	93
CHAPTER VI.—THE ORDEAL BY SWIMMING.	109
CHAPTER VII.—THE RUINED CONVENTUAL CHURCH.	118
CHAPTER VIII.—THE REVELATION.	137
CHAPTER IX.—THE TWO PORTRAITS IN THE BANQUETING-HALL.	145
CHAPTER X.—THE NOCTURNAL MEETING.	174
END OF THE FIRST BOOK.	190
BOOK THE SECOND.	190
CHAPTER I.—FLINT.	190
CHAPTER II.—READ HALL.	199
CHAPTER III.—THE BOGGART’S GLEN.	205
CHAPTER IV.—THE REEVE OF THE FOREST.	211
CHAPTER V.—BESS’S O’ TH’ BOOTH.	218
CHAPTER VI.—THE TEMPTATION.	227
CHAPTER VII.—THE PERAMBULATION OF THE BOUNDARIES.	237
CHAPTER VIII.—ROUGH LEE.	252
CHAPTER IX.—HOW ROUGH LEE WAS DEFENDED BY NICHOLAS.	260
CHAPTER X.—ROGER NOWELL AND HIS DOUBLE.	268
CHAPTER XI.—MOTHER DEMDIKE.	274
CHAPTER XII.—THE MYSTERIES OF MALKIN TOWER.	283
CHAPTER XIII.—THE TWO FAMILIARS.	290
CHAPTER XIV.—HOW ROUGH LEE WAS AGAIN BESIEGED.	303
CHAPTER XV.—THE PHANTOM MONK.	311
CHAPTER XVI.—ONE O’CLOCK!	316
CHAPTER XVII.—HOW THE BEACON FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED.	325
END OF THE SECOND BOOK.	333
BOOK THE THIRD.	333
CHAPTER I.—DOWNHAM MANOR-HOUSE.	333
CHAPTER II.—THE PENITENT’S RETREAT.	354
CHAPTER III.—MIDDLETON HALL.	357
CHAPTER IV.—THE GORGE OF CLIVIGER.	366
CHAPTER V.—THE END OF MALKIN TOWER.	374
CHAPTER VI.—HOGHTON TOWER.	383
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CHAPTER IX.—THE BANQUET.	420
CHAPTER X.—EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS.	428
CHAPTER XI.—FATALITY.	436
CHAPTER XII.—THE LAST HOUR.	440
CHAPTER XIII.—THE MASQUE OF DEATH.	445
CHAPTER XIV.—“ONE GRAVE.”	448
CHAPTER XV.—LANCASTER CASTLE.	449
THE END.	451
FOOTNOTES:	451

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