Studies in Wives

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Marie Belloc Lowndes. Studies in Wives

Studies in Wives

Table of Contents

I

ALTHEA'S OPPORTUNITY

II

MR. JARVICE'S WIFE

I

II

III

A VERY MODERN INSTANCE

IV

ACCORDING TO MEREDITH

V

SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOUR?

I

II

III

VI

THE DECREE MADE ABSOLUTE

BY MRS. BELLOC LOWNDES

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Marie Belloc Lowndes

Published by Good Press, 2019

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She went across to the window and opened it. As if in answer to a signal, the little iron gate below swung widely open: "Bolt has gone to get a cab," she said, without turning round; "we thought that it would be simplest. The old cabman knows us all—it will be quicker." She spoke breathlessly, but there was a tone of decision in her voice, a gentle restrained tone, but one which Althea knew well to spell finality.

"But where is Perceval?"

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