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Law and the Lady

Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville despite objections from Woodville's family leading to disquiet for Valeria's own family and friends.

Just a few days after the wedding, various incidents lead Valeria to suspect her husband is hiding a dark secret in his past and she discovers that he has been using a false name. He refuses to discuss it leading them to curtail their honeymoon and return to London where Valeria learns that he was on trial for his first wife's murder by arsenic. He was tried in a Scottish court and the verdict was 'Not Proven' rather than 'not guilty' implying his guilt but without enough proof for a jury to convict him.

Valeria sets out to save their happiness by proving her husband innocent of the crime. In her quest, she comes across the disabled character Miserrimus Dexter, a fascinating but mentally unstable genius, and his devoted female cousin, Ariel. Dexter will prove crucial to uncovering the disturbing truth behind the mysterious death. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Year of Publication: 1875Genres: Crime & Mystery Fiction

Running Time: 13 hours 25 minutes 27 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Bride's Mistake Wiebke	11:55
2	The Bride's Thoughts Wiebke	17:08
3	Ramsgate Sands Wiebke	14:24
4	On the Way Home Wiebke	13:50
5	The Landlady's Discovery Wiebke	8:54
6	My Own Discovery Wiebke	13:55
7	On the Way to the Major Wiebke	16:07
8	The Friend of the Women Wiebke	12:18
9	The Defeat of the Major Wiebke	25:29
10	The Search Wiebke	35:39
11	The Return to Life Wiebke	15:34
12	The Scotch Verdict Wiebke	13:11
13	The Man's Decision Wiebke	9:50
14	The Woman's Answer Wiebke	21:33
15	The Story of the Trial. The Preliminaries Wiebke	5:04
16	First Question - Did the Woman die Poisoned? Wiebke	29:40
17	Second Question - Who poisoned Her? Wiebke	21:23
18	Third Question - What was his Motive? Wiebke	29:04
19	The Evidence for the Defense Wiebke	9:46
20	The End of the Trial Wiebke	19:46
21	I see my Way Wiebke	12:57
22	The Major makes Difficulties Wiebke	12:03
23	My Mother-in-Law surprises me Wiebke	12:08
24	Miserrimus Dexter - first View Wiebke	13:58
25	Miserrimus Dexter - second View Wiebke	24:14
26	More of my Obstinacy Wiebke	11:59
27	Mr. Dexter at Home Wiebke	20:16
28	In the Dark Wiebke	12:03
29	In the Light Wiebke	16:03
30	The Indictment of Mrs. Beauly Wiebke	22:19
31	The Defense of Mrs. Beauly Wiebke	14:44
32	A Specimen of my Wisdom Wiebke	5:15
33	A Specimen of my Folly Wiebke	24:49
34	Gleninch Wiebke	12:22
35	Mr. Playmore's Prophecy Wiebke	17:27
36	Ariel Wiebke	11:02
37	At the Bedside Wiebke	23:45
38	On the Journey back Wiebke	4:50
39	On the Way to Dexter Wiebke	12:23
40	Nemesis at last Wiebke	50:44
41	Mr. Playmore in a new Character Wiebke	18:16
42	More Surprises Wiebke	12:43
43	At last! Wiebke	7:23
44	Our new Honeymoon Wiebke	11:48
45	The Dust-Heap disturbed Wiebke	14:37
46	The Crisis deferred Wiebke	8:35
47	The Wife's Confession Wiebke	16:43
48	What else could I do? Wiebke	8:10
49	Past and Future Wiebke	14:09
50	The last of the Story Wiebke	13:12