The Time of Roses
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CHAPTER I. HOME AT LAST
CHAPTER II. THE LITTLE MUMMY'S ARRANGEMENTS
CHAPTER III. A STARTLING MEETING
CHAPTER IV. AN EVIL GENIUS
CHAPTER V. MAURICE TREVOR
CHAPTER VI. MRS. AYLMER'S STRATEGY
CHAPTER VII. THE CHAINS BEGIN TO FRET
CHAPTER VIII. BERTHA'S QUANDARY
CHAPTER IX. A TEMPTING OFFER
CHAPTER X. THE LITTLE MUMMY'S CURIOSITY
CHAPTER XI. FLORENCE'S GOOD ANGEL
CHAPTER XII. ALONE IN LONDON
CHAPTER XIII. A WEARY WAIT
CHAPTER XIV. A BLUNT QUESTION
CHAPTER XV. EDITH FRANKS
CHAPTER XVI. ON THE BRINK OF AN ABYSS
CHAPTER XVII. NEARER AND NEARER
CHAPTER XVIII. A VESTIGE OF HOPE
CHAPTER XIX. IN THE BALANCE
CHAPTER XX. ROSE VIEW
CHAPTER XXI. AN AWKWARD POSITION
CHAPTER XXII. THE STORY ACCEPTED
CHAPTER XXIII. BERTHA'S JOY
CHAPTER XXIV. TREVOR ASKS BERTHA'S ADVICE
CHAPTER XXV. TREVOR'S RESOLVE
CHAPTER XXVI. AT AYLMER'S COURT
CHAPTER XXVII. BERTHA'S SECRET
CHAPTER XXVIII. A SMILING WORLD
CHAPTER XXIX. ALMOST BETRAYED
CHAPTER XXX. THE TELEGRAM
CHAPTER XXXI. BERTHA WRITES THE ESSAY
CHAPTER XXXII. TREVOR AND FLORENCE
CHAPTER XXXIII. A TETE-A-TETE
CHAPTER XXXIV. MAURICE REBELS
CHAPTER XXXV. THE ESSAY AROUSES CRITICISM
CHAPTER XXXVI. A LETTER FROM HOME
CHAPTER XXXVII. TREVOR PROPOSES TO FLORENCE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. AT THE RECEPTION
CHAPTER XXXIX. AN ADMIRABLE ARRANGEMENT
CHAPTER XL. IS IT "YES" OR "NO"?
CHAPTER XLI. THE LITTLE MUMMY IN LONDON
CHAPTER XLII. BERTHA KEYS DEFEATED
CHAPTER XLIII. MRS. AYLMER'S WILL
CHAPTER XLIV. BERTHA CHANGES HER TONE
CHAPTER XLV "ALL THE ROSES ARE DEAD."
CHAPTER XLVI. A DENOUEMENT
CHAPTER XLVII. FINIS
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Those who remember "A Bunch of Cherries" will recall the fact that Florence Aylmer left Cherry Court School under a cloud: that Kitty Sharston won the prize offered by Sir John Wallis, and of course stayed on at the school; and that Bertha Keys, finding her game was up and her wickedness discovered, disappeared – it was hoped by the unhappy girl whom she had injured never to show her face again.
In this old world of ours, however, bad people do not always receive their punishment, and it came to pass that Bertha Keys, although she had failed in the case of Cherry Court School, did manage to feather her nest and to secure a very comfortable post for herself.
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"Girls always say that," she remarked, "but in the end they yield to the inevitable. It would be a splendid coup; it would serve her right. She would be forced to have you living with her after all. I am told she has made the young man the heir of all she possesses, and – but what is the matter, my dear?"
"I really won't listen to another word," cried Florence, and she jumped up and ran out of the room.
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