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THE INFIDEL
A STORY OF THE GREAT REVIVAL
BY
M. E. BRADDON
Author of "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," "VIXEN,"
"LONDON PRIDE," Etc.
LONDON
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO. Ltd.
1900
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
GRUB-STREET SCRIBBLERS
CHAPTER II.
MISS LESTER, OF THE PATENT THEATRES
CHAPTER III.
AT MRS. MANDALAY'S ROOMS
CHAPTER IV.
A MORNING CALL
CHAPTER V.
A SERIOUS FAMILY
CHAPTER VI.
A WOMAN WHO COULD SAY NO
CHAPTER VII.
PRIDE CONQUERS LOVE
CHAPTER VIII.
THE LOVE THAT FOLLOWS THE DEAD
CHAPTER IX.
THE SANDS RUN DOWN
CHAPTER X.
A DUTY VISIT
CHAPTER XI.
ANTONIA'S INITIATION
CHAPTER XII.
"SO RUN THAT YE MAY OBTAIN"
CHAPTER XIII.
IN ST. JAMES'S SQUARE
CHAPTER XIV.
"ONE THREAD IN LIFE WORTH SPINNING"
CHAPTER XV.
"MY LADY AND MY LOVE"
CHAPTER XVI.
DEATH AND VICTORY
CHAPTER XVII.
SWORD AND BIBLE
CHAPTER XVIII.
"AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED"
CHAPTER XIX.
"CHOOSE OF TWO LOVERS"
CHAPTER XX.
"AND CLEAVE UNTO THE BEST"
CHAPTER I.
GRUB-STREET SCRIBBLERS.
Father and daughter worked together at the trade of letters in the dayswhen George the Second was king and Grub Street was a reality. Forthem literature was indeed a trade, since William Thornton wrote onlywhat the booksellers wanted, and adjusted the s