Part II.

With the Author's Preface, and an Introduction by G. H. Maynadier, Ph.D. Department of English, Harvard University.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

XXXIX Our Adventurer is made acquainted with a new Scene of Life

XL He contemplates Majesty and its Satellites in Eclipse

XLI One Quarrel is compromised, and another decided by unusual Arms

XLII An unexpected Rencontre, and a happy Revolution in the Affairs of our Adventurer

XLIII Fathom justifies the Proverb,"What's bred in the Bone will never come out of the Flesh"

XLIV Anecdotes of Poverty, and Experiments for the Benefit of those whom it may concern

XLV Renaldo's Distress deepens, and Fathom's Plot thickens

XLVI Our Adventurer becomes absolute in his Power over the Passions of his Friend, and effects one half of his Aim

XLVII The Art of Borrowing further explained, and an Account of a Strange Phenomenon

XLVIII Count Fathom unmasks his Battery; is repulsed; and varies his Operations without effect

XLIX Monimia's Honour is protected by the Interposition of Heaven

L Fathom shifts the Scene, and appears in a new Character

LI Triumphs over a Medical Rival

LII Repairs to the Metropolis, and enrols himself among the Sons of Paean

LIII Acquires Employment in consequence of a lucky Miscarriage

LIV His Eclipse, and gradual Declination

LV After divers unsuccessful Efforts, he has recourse to the Matrimonial Noose

LVI In which his Fortune is effectually strangled

LVII Fathom being safely housed, the Reader is entertained with a Retrospect

LVIII Renaldo abridges the Proceedings at Law, and approves himself the Son of his Father

LIX He is the Messenger of Happiness to his Sister, who removes the film which had long obstructed his Penetration, with regard to Count Fathom

LX He recompenses the Attachment of his Friend; and receives a Letter that reduces him to the Verge of Death and Distraction

LXI Renaldo meets with a living Monument of Justice, and encounters a Personage of some Note in these Memoirs

LXII His Return to England, and Midnight Pilgrimage to Monimia's Tomb

LXIII He renews the Rites of Sorrow, and is entranced

LXIV The My stery unfolded--Another Recognition, which, it is to be hoped, the Reader could not foresee

LXV A retrospective Link, necessary for the Concatenation of these Memoirs

LXVI The His tory draws near a Period

LXVII The Longest and the Last