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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Nether World, by George Gissing This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Nether World Author: George Gissing Posting Date: January 18, 2009 [EBook #4301] Release Date: July, 2003 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NETHER WORLD *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. The Nether World by George Gissing CONTENTS CHAPTER I A THRALL OF THRALLS II A FRIEND IN REQUEST III A SUPERFLUOUS FAMILY IV CLARA AND JANE V JANE IS VISITED VI GLIMPSES OF THE PAST VII MRS. BYASS'S LODGINGS VIII PENNYLOAF CANDY IX PATHOLOGICAL X THE LAST COMBAT XI A DISAPPOINTMENT XII 'IO SATURNALIA!' XIII THE BRINGER OF ILL NEWS XIV A WELCOME GUEST XV SUNLIGHT IN DREARY PLACES XVI DIALOGUE AND COMMENT XVII CLEM MAKES A DISCLOSURE XVIII THE JOKE IS COMPLETED XIX A RETREAT XX A VISION OF NOBLE THINGS XXI DEATH THE RECONCILER XXII WATCHING FROM AMBUSH XXIII ON THE EVE OF TRIUMPH XXIV THE FAMILY HISTORY PROGRESSES XXV A DOUBLE CONSECRATION XXVI SIDNEY'S STRUGGLE XXVII CLARA'S RETURN XXVIII THE SOUP-KITCHEN XXIX PHANTOMS XXX ON A BARREN SHORE XXXI WOMAN AND ACTRESS XXXII A HAVEN XXXIII A FALL FROM THE IDEAL XXXIV THE DEBT REPAID XXXV THE TREASURY UNLOCKED XXXVI THE HEIR XXXVII MAD JACK'S DREAM XXXVIII JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS XXXIX SIDNEY XL JANE CHAPTER I A THRALL OF THRALLS In the troubled twilight of a March evening ten years ago, an old man, whose equipment and bearing suggested that he was fresh from travel, walked slowly across Clerkenwell Green, and by the graveyard of St. James's Church stood for a moment looking about him. His age could not be far from seventy, but, despite the stoop of his shoulders, he gave little sign of failing under the burden of years; his sober step indicated gravity of character rather than bodily feebleness, and his grasp of a stout stick was not such as bespeaks need of sup
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