Catherine Major Gahagan Etc Author:William Makepeace Thackeray General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1903 Original Publisher: Dent Subjects: Executions and executioners Women murderers Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, W... more »elsh Social Science / Criminology Social Science / Penology True Crime / Murder / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: IN WHICH MRS. CATHERINE BECOMES AN HONEST WOMAN AGAIN In this woful plight, moneyless, wifeless, horseless, corporal-less, with a gag in his mouth and a rope round his body, are we compelled to leave the gallant Galgen- stein, until his friends and the progress of this history shall deliver him from his durance. Mr. Brock's adventures on the Captain's horse must likewise be pretermitted; for it is our business to follow Mrs. Catherine through the window by which she made her escape, and among the various chances that befell her. She had one cause to congratulate herself, -- that she had not her baby at her back ; for the infant was safely housed under the care of a nurse, to whom the Captain was answerable. Beyond this her prospects were but dismal: no home to fly to, but a few shillings in her pocket, and a whole heap of injuries and dark revengeful thoughts in her bosom : it was a sad task to her to look either backwards or forwards. Whither was she to fly ? How to live ! What good chance was to befriend her ? There was an angel watching over the steps of Mrs. Cat -- not a good one, I think, but one of those from that unnameable place, who have their many subjects here on earth, and often are pleased to extricate them from worse perplexities. M...« less