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J. D. Hennessey. Temptation on a Tower
Temptation on a Tower
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.--Stewart Towers
CHAPTER II.--Under a Grey Sky
CHAPTER III.--A Stewart of Stewart Towers
CHAPTER IV.--Alice Wants to be Worshipped
CHAPTER V.--How Winifred Came to Say "Yes."
THE END
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J. D. Hennessey
Published by Good Press, 2021
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This was exasperating to Malcolm, for his dislike of the two girls almost amounted to hatred. When he met them in the grounds, he seldom looked at or spoke to them. One of these two, by his father's will, he had to marry, and both seemed to be waiting for him. His soul dwelt in a wilderness at the thought of it, the knowledge that they lived in the Tower rooms of his romantic residence made life lonely and uncongenial. It was no company for him to have them there; nor could he, for fear of ridicule invite friends to stay with him, and in his heart he almost cursed the girls, and the will, and Christmas time.
He determined however, to hold his own, and live it out, and force "the ladies of the Tower," as the neighbourhood who knew about the affair, delighted to call them, to tire of waiting and marry someone else.
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