THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM

by Tobias Smollett

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CHAPTER ONE	SOME SAGE OBSERVATIONS THAT NATURALLY INTRODUCE OUR IMPORTANT HISTORY.
CHAPTER TWO	A SUPERFICIAL VIEW OF OUR HERO'S INFANCY.
CHAPTER THREE	HE IS INITIATED IN A MILITARY LIFE, AND HAS THE GOOD FORTUNE TO ACQUIRE A GENEROUS PATRON.
CHAPTER FOUR	HIS MOTHER'S PROWESS AND DEATH; TOGETHER WITH SOME INSTANCES OF HIS OWN SAGACITY.
CHAPTER FIVE	A BRIEF DETAIL OF HIS EDUCATION.
CHAPTER SIX	HE MEDITATES SCHEMES OF IMPORTANCE.
CHAPTER SEVEN	ENGAGES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A FEMALE ASSOCIATE, IN ORDER TO PUT HIS TALENTS IN ACTION.
CHAPTER EIGHT	THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT; WITH A DIGRESSION WHICH SOME READERS MAY THINK IMPERTINENT.
CHAPTER NINE	THE CONFEDERATES CHANGE THEIR BATTERY, AND ACHIEVE A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER TEN	THEY PROCEED TO LEVY CONTRIBUTIONS WITH GREAT SUCCESS, UNTIL OUR HERO SETS OUT WITH THE YOUNG COUNT FOR VIENNA, WHERE HE ENTERS INTO LEAGUE WITH ANOTHER ADVENTURER.
CHAPTER ELEVEN	FATHOM MAKES VARIOUS EFFORTS IN THE WORLD OF GALLANTRY.
CHAPTER TWELVE	HE EFFECTS A LODGMENT IN THE HOUSE OF A RICH JEWELLER.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN	HE IS EXPOSED TO A MOST PERILOUS INCIDENT IN THE COURSE OF HIS INTRIGUE WITH THE DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN	HE IS REDUCED TO A DREADFUL DILEMMA, IN CONSEQUENCE OF AN ASSIGNATION WITH THE WIFE.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN	BUT AT LENGTH SUCCEEDS IN HIS ATTEMPT UPON BOTH.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN	HIS SUCCESS BEGETS A BLIND SECURITY, BY WHICH HE IS ONCE AGAIN WELL-NIGH ENTRAPPED IN HIS DULCINEA'S APARTMENT.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN	THE STEP-DAME'S SUSPICIONS BEING AWAKENED, SHE LAYS A SNARE FOR OUR ADVENTURER, FROM WHICH HE IS DELIVERED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HIS GOOD GENIUS.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN	OUR HERO DEPARTS FROM VIENNA, AND QUITS THE DOMAIN OF VENUS FOR THE ROUGH FIELD OF MARS.
CHAPTER NINETEEN	HE PUTS HIMSELF UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS ASSOCIATE, AND STUMBLES UPON THE FRENCH CAMP, WHERE HE FINISHES HIS MILITARY CAREER.
CHAPTER TWENTY	HE PREPARES A STRATAGEM BUT FINDS HIMSELF COUNTERMINEDa?"PROCEEDS ON HIS JOURNEY, AND IS OVERTAKEN BY A TERRIBLE TEMPEST.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE	HE FALLS UPON SCYLLA, SEEKING TO AVOID CHARYBDIS.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO	HE ARRIVES AT PARIS, AND IS PLEASED WITH HIS RECEPTION.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE	ACQUITS HIMSELF WITH ADDRESS IN A NOCTURNAL RIOT.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR	HE OVERLOOKS THE ADVANCES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND SMARTS SEVERELY FOR HIS NEGLECT.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE	HE BEARS HIS FATE LIKE A PHILOSOPHER; AND CONTRACTS ACQUAINTANCE WITH A VERY REMARKABLE PERSONAGE.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX	THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE CASTILIAN.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN	THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE CASTILIAN.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT	SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS FELLOW-TRAVELLERS.
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE	ANOTHER PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE SMUGGLER'S INGENIOUS CONJECTURE.
CHAPTER THIRTY	THE SINGULAR MANNER OF FATHOM'S ATTACK AND TRIUMPH OVER THE VIRTUE OF THE FAIR ELENOR.
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE	HE BY ACCIDENT ENCOUNTERS HIS OLD FRIEND, WITH WHOM HE HOLDS A CONFERENCE, AND RENEWS A TREATY.
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO	HE APPEARS IN THE GREAT WORLD WITH UNIVERSAL APPLAUSE AND ADMIRATION.
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE	HE ATTRACTS THE ENVY AND ILL OFFICES OF THE MINOR KNIGHTS OF HIS OWN ORDER, OVER WHOM HE OBTAINS A COMPLETE VICTORY.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR	HE PERFORMS ANOTHER EXPLOIT, THAT CONVEYS A TRUE IDEA OF HIS GRATITUDE AND HONOUR.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE	HE REPAIRS TO BRISTOL SPRING, WHERE HE REIGNS PARAMOUNT DURING THE WHOLE SEASON.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX	HE IS SMITTEN WITH THE CHARMS OF A FEMALE ADVENTURER, WHOSE ALLUREMENTS SUBJECT HIM TO A NEW VICISSITUDE OF FORTUNE.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN	FRESH CAUSE FOR EXERTING HIS EQUANIMITY AND FORTITUDE.
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT	THE BITER IS BIT.

PART II.
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE	OUR ADVENTURER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A NEW SCENE OF LIFE.
CHAPTER FORTY	HE CONTEMPLATES MAJESTY AND ITS SATELLITES IN ECLIPSE.
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE	ONE QUARREL IS COMPROMISED, AND ANOTHER DECIDED BY UNUSUAL ARMS.
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO	AN UNEXPECTED RENCONTRE, AND A HAPPY REVOLUTION IN THE AFFAIRS OF OUR ADVENTURER.
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE	FATHOM JUSTIFIES THE PROVERB, a?oWHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE WILL NEVER COME OUT OF THE FLESH.a??
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR	ANECDOTES OF POVERTY, AND EXPERIMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE	RENALDO'S DISTRESS DEEPENS, AND FATHOM'S PLOT THICKENS.
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX	OUR ADVENTURER BECOMES ABSOLUTE IN HIS POWER OVER THE PASSIONS OF HIS FRIEND, AND EFFECTS ONE HALF OF HIS AIM.
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN	THE ART OF BORROWING FURTHER EXPLAINED, AND AN ACCOUNT OF A STRANGE PHENOMENON.
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT	COUNT FATHOM UNMASKS HIS BATTERY; IS REPULSED; AND VARIES HIS OPERATIONS WITHOUT EFFECT.
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE	MONIMIA'S HONOUR IS PROTECTED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HEAVEN.
CHAPTER FIFTY	FATHOM SHIFTS THE SCENE, AND APPEARS IN A NEW CHARACTER.
TRIUMPHS OVER A MEDICAL RIVAL.
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO	REPAIRS TO THE METROPOLIS, AND ENROLS HIMSELF AMONG THE SONS OF PAEAN.
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE	ACQUIRES EMPLOYMENT IN CONSEQUENCE OF A LUCKY MISCARRIAGE.
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR	HIS ECLIPSE, AND GRADUAL DECLINATION.
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE	AFTER DIVERS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, HE HAS RECOURSE TO THE MATRIMONIAL NOOSE.
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX	IN WHICH HIS FORTUNE IS EFFECTUALLY STRANGLED.
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN	FATHOM BEING SAFELY HOUSED, THE READER IS ENTERTAINED WITH A RETROSPECT.
CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT	RENALDO ABRIDGES THE PROCEEDINGS AT LAW, AND APPROVES HIMSELF THE SON OF HIS FATHER.
CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE	HE IS THE MESSENGER OF HAPPINESS TO HIS SISTER, WHO REMOVES THE FILM WHICH HAD LONG OBSTRUCTED HIS PENETRATION, WITH REGARD TO COUNT FATHOM.
CHAPTER SIXTY	HE RECOMPENSES THE ATTACHMENT OF HIS FRIEND; AND RECEIVES A LETTER THAT REDUCES HIM TO THE VERGE OF DEATH AND DISTRACTION.
CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE	RENALDO MEETS WITH A LIVING MONUMENT OF JUSTICE, AND ENCOUNTERS A PERSONAGE OF SOME NOTE IN THESE MEMOIRS.
CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO	HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, AND MIDNIGHT PILGRIMAGE TO MONIMIA'S TOMB.
CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE	HE RENEWS THE RITES OF SORROW, AND IS ENTRANCED.
CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR	THE MYSTERY UNFOLDEDa?"ANOTHER RECOGNITION, WHICH, IT IS TO BE HOPED, THE READER COULD NOT FORESEE.
CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE	A RETROSPECTIVE LINK, NECESSARY FOR THE CONCATENATION OF THESE MEMOIRS.
CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX	THE HISTORY DRAWS NEAR A PERIOD.
CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN	THE LONGEST AND THE LAST.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Titlepage of Part One
Frontispiece of Part One
He Opened the Repository
Titlepage of Part Two
Frontispiece of Part Two
You Are the Count de Melvil