Opening of the book
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
CHESTER-BELLOCS
The Green Overcoat
Mr. Petre
The Emerald
The Haunted House
An early portrait of Lord de Beaurivage (then Mr.
George Huggins) as an open-air merchant of
vegetables and orchard produce in 1883
THE
HAUNTED HOUSE
BY
HILAIRE BELLOC
With Illustrations by
G. K. CHESTERTON
Coat of
arms of
Harper &
Brothers,
with a
quote
from
Plato's
Republic
in Greek
NEW YORK · Harper & Brothers · LONDON
1928
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY HILAIRE BELLOC
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
FIRST EDITION
M-B
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
An early portrait of Lord de Beaurivage (then Mr. George Huggins) as an open-air merchant of vegetables and orchard produce in
1883 (Frontispiece)
The brothers at Rackham
Aunt Hilda settling everything
Neighbour Hellup and Neighbour Jake
“Our younger hostesses”
The Ancestor
Progress of Sir Harry Murtenshaw, Knight, to his ancestral home
John Maple as Lieutenant Allegri
The atheist Gaul
“Twenty thousand pounds? You haven’t got twenty thousand pence!” said Aunt Hilda
Fond embrace of Hilda, relict of the late William Maple, Esquire, of Rackham Catchings in the County of Sussex, and Amathea, wife of George, First Baron de Beaurivage (pronounced
Bruvvish)
Lord Hambourne is astonished at the modern habits of the fifteenth century
Mr. Corton reads The Spectator
John Maple explains his plan
Growing nervousness of Lord de Beaurivage
Lord Hellup accepting from Lord Hambourne the interesting scientific discovery that motor-cars are less susceptible to psychic influence than horses
Partial, but representative deputation of the domestic staff of
Rackham Catchings protesting against the Headless Thing
Unaffected emotion of George, First Baron de Beaurivage on the appearance of an historic figure
Distraction of Lord Hambourne on being offered the usual terms
Effect of the other world on Miss Broom, housemaid
Solid satisfaction of Mr. Pretherton at the pressed pace of
Columbus
Genuine pleasure of Columbus on observing the haste of Mr.
Pretherton
Keep listening free
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