The Right of Way Gilbert Parker The Right of Way Table of Contents The Right of Way......................................................................................................................................................1 Gilbert Parker.................................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................2 NOTE.............................................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER I. THE WAY TO THE VERDICT.............................................................................................5 CHAPTER II. WHAT CAME OF THE TRIAL............................................................................................9 CHAPTER III. AFTER FIVE YEARS........................................................................................................15 CHAPTER IV. CHARLEY MAKES A DISCOVERY...............................................................................17 CHAPTER V. THE WOMAN IN HELIOTROPE......................................................................................18 CHAPTER VI. THE WIND AND THE SHORN LAMB...........................................................................21 CHAPTER VII. PEACE, PEACE, AND THERE IS NO PEACE"'.........................................................25 CHAPTER VIII. THE COST OF THE ORNAMENT................................................................................28 Volume 2...................................................................................................................................................................35 CHAPTER IX. OLD DEBTS FOR NEW...................................................................................................35 CHAPTER X. THE WAY IN AND THE WAY OUT................................................................................37 CHAPTER XI. THE RAISING OF THE CURTAIN..................................................................................41 CHAPTER XII. THE COMING OF ROSALIE..........................................................................................47 CHAPTER XIII. HOW CHARLEY WENT ADVENTURING AND WHAT HE FOUND......................51 CHAPTER XIV. ROSALIE, CHARLEY, AND THE MAN THE WIDOW PLOMONDON JILTED.....54 CHAPTER XV. THE MARK IN THE PAPER..........................................................................................60 CHAPTER XVI. MADAME DAUPHIN HAS A MISSION......................................................................62 CHAPTER XVII. THE TAILOR MAKES A MIDNIGHT FORAY..........................................................66 CHAPTER XVIII. THE STEALING OF THE CROSS..............................................................................68 Volume 3...................................................................................................................................................................71 CHAPTER XIX. THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN.........................................................................................71 CHAPTER XX. THE RETURN OF THE TAILOR...................................................................................74 CHAPTER XXI. THE CURE HAS AN INSPIRATION............................................................................76 CHAPTER XXII. THE WOMAN WHO SAW...........................................................................................77 CHAPTER XXIII. THE WOMAN WHO DID NOT TELL.......................................................................82 CHAPTER XXIV. THE SEIGNEUR TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME.................................................84 CHAPTER XXV. THE COLONEL TELLS HIS STORY..........................................................................91 CHAPTER XXVI. A SONG, A BOTTLE, AND A GHOST......................................................................93 CHAPTER XXVII. OUT ON THE OLD TRAIL.......................................................................................98 CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SEIGNEUR GIVES A WARNING..................................................................99 Volume 4.................................................................................................................................................................105 CHAPTER XXIX. THE WILD RIDE.......................................................................................................105 CHAPTER XXX. ROSALIE WARNS CHARLEY..................................................................................109 CHAPTER XXXI. CHARLEY STANDS AT BAY.................................................................................112 CHAPTER XXXII. JO PORTUGAIS TELLS A STORY........................................................................119 CHAPTER XXXIII. THE EDGE OF LIFE...............................................................................................122 CHAPTER XXXIV. IN AMBUSH...........................................................................................................124 CHAPTER XXXV. THE COMING OF MAXIMILIAN COUR AND ANOTHER................................126 CHAPTER XXXVI. BARRIERS SWEPT AWAY..................................................................................130 CHAPTER XXXVII. THE CHALLENGE OF PAULETTE DUBOIS....................................................131 CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CURE AND THE SEIGNEUR VISIT THE TAILOR.................................134 CHAPTER XXXIX. THE SCARLET WOMAN......................................................................................139 CHAPTER XL. AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING................................................................................142 Volume 5.................................................................................................................................................................144 i The Right of Way Table of Contents The Right of Way CHAPTER XLI. IT WAS MICHAELMAS DAY.....................................................................................144 CHAPTER XLII. A TRIAL AND A VERDICT.......................................................................................147 CHAPTER XLIII. JO PORTUGAIS TELLS A STORY..........................................................................150 CHAPTER XLIV. WHO WAS KATHLEEN?".....................................................................................154 CHAPTER XLV. SIX MONTHS GO BY.................................................................................................157 CHAPTER XLVI. THE FORGOTTEN MAN..........................................................................................159 CHAPTER XLVII. ONE WAS TAKEN AND THE OTHER LEFT........................................................163 CHAPTER XLVIII. WHERE THE TREE OF LIFE IS BLOOMING ..............................................167 CHAPTER XLIX. THE OPEN GATE......................................................................................................168 Volume 6.................................................................................................................................................................171 CHAPTER L. THE PASSION PLAY AT CHAUDIERE.........................................................................171 CHAPTER LI. FACE TO FACE...............................................................................................................173 CHAPTER LII. THE COMING OF BILLY.............................................................................................177 CHAPTER LIII. THE SEIGNEUR AND THE CURE HAVE A SUSPICION........................................178 CHAPTER LIV. M. ROSSIGNOL SLIPS THE LEASH..........................................................................180 CHAPTER LV. ROSALIE PLAYS A PART...........................................................................................181 CHAPTER LVI. MRS. FLYNN SPEAKS................................................................................................184 CHAPTER LVII. A BURNING FIERY FURNACE................................................................................185 CHAPTER LVIII. WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL...........................................................................190 CHAPTER LIX. IN WHICH CHARLEY MEETS A STRANGER.........................................................193 CHAPTER LX. THE HAND AT THE DOOR.........................................................................................196 CHAPTER LXI. THE CURE SPEAKS....................................................................................................196 ii The Right of Way Gilbert Parker This page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • INTRODUCTION • NOTE • CHAPTER I. THE WAY TO THE VERDICT • CHAPTER II. WHAT CAME OF THE TRIAL • CHAPTER III. AFTER FIVE YEARS • CHAPTER IV. CHARLEY MAKES A DISCOVERY • CHAPTER V. THE WOMAN IN HELIOTROPE • CHAPTER VI. THE WIND AND THE SHORN LAMB • CHAPTER VII. PEACE, PEACE, AND THERE IS NO PEACE"' • CHAPTER VIII. THE COST OF THE ORNAMENT • Volume 2. • CHAPTER IX. OLD DEBTS FOR NEW • CHAPTER X. THE WAY IN AND THE WAY OUT • CHAPTER XI. THE RAISING OF THE CURTAIN • CHAPTER XII. THE COMING OF ROSALIE • CHAPTER XIII. HOW CHARLEY WENT ADVENTURING AND WHAT HE FOUND • CHAPTER XIV. ROSALIE, CHARLEY, AND THE MAN