The Rosary
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Barclay Florence Louisa. The Rosary
CHAPTER I. ENTER THE DUCHESS
CHAPTER II. INTRODUCES THE HONOURABLE JANE
CHAPTER III. THE SURPRISE PACKET
CHAPTER IV. JANE VOLUNTEERS
CHAPTER V. CONFIDENCES
CHAPTER VI. THE VEIL IS LIFTED
CHAPTER VII. GARTH FINDS HIS ROSARY
CHAPTER VIII. ADDED PEARLS
CHAPTER IX. LADY INGLEBY'S HOUSE PARTY
CHAPTER X. THE REVELATION
CHAPTER XI. GARTH FINDS THE CROSS
CHAPTER XII. THE DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION
CHAPTER XIII. THE ANSWER OF THE SPHINX
CHAPTER XIV. IN DERYCK'S SAFE CONTROL
CHAPTER XV. THE CONSULTATION
CHAPTER XVI. THE DOCTOR FINDS A WAY
CHAPTER XVII. ENTER—NURSE ROSEMARY
CHAPTER XVIII. THE NAPOLEON OF THE MOORS
CHAPTER XIX. THE VOICE IN THE DARKNESS
CHAPTER XX. JANE REPORTS PROGRESS
CHAPTER XXI. HARD ON THE SECRETARY
CHAPTER XXII. DR. ROB TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ONLY WAY
CHAPTER XXIV. THE MAN'S POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XXV. THE DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS
CHAPTER XXVI. HEARTS MEET IN SIGHTLESS LAND
CHAPTER XXVII. THE EYES GARTH TRUSTED
CHAPTER XXVIII. IN THE STUDIO
CHAPTER XXIX. JANE LOOKS INTO LOVE'S MIRROR
CHAPTER XXX "THE LADY PORTRAYED"
CHAPTER XXXI. IN LIGHTER VEIN
CHAPTER XXXII. AN INTERLUDE
CHAPTER XXXIII "SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN!"
CHAPTER XXXIV "LOVE NEVER FAILETH"
CHAPTER XXXV. NURSE ROSEMARY HAS HER REWARD
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE REVELATION OF THE ROSARY
CHAPTER XXXVII "IN THE FACE OF THIS CONGREGATION"
CHAPTER XXXVIII. PERPETUAL LIGHT
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The only one of her relatives who practically made her home with the duchess was her niece and former ward, the Honourable Jane Champion; and this consisted merely in the fact that the Honourable Jane was the one person who might invite herself to Overdene or Portland Place, arrive when she chose, stay as long as she pleased, and leave when it suited her convenience. On the death of her father, when her lonely girlhood in her Norfolk home came to an end, she would gladly have filled the place of a daughter to the duchess. But the duchess did not require a daughter; and a daughter with pronounced views, plenty of back-bone of her own, a fine figure, and a plain face, would have seemed to her Grace of Meldrum a peculiarly undesirable acquisition. So Jane was given to understand that she might come whenever she liked, and stay as long as she liked, but on the same footing as other people. This meant liberty to come and go as she pleased; and no responsibility towards her aunt's guests. The duchess preferred managing her own parties in her oven way.
Jane Champion was now in her thirtieth year. She had once been described, by one who saw below the surface, as a perfectly beautiful woman in an absolutely plain shell; and no man had as yet looked beneath the shell, and seen the woman in her perfection. She would have made earth heaven for a blind lover who, not having eyes for the plainness of her face or the massiveness of her figure, might have drawn nearer, and apprehended the wonder of her as a woman, experiencing the wealth of tenderness of which she was capable, the blessed comfort of the shelter of her love, the perfect comprehension of her sympathy, the marvellous joy of winning and wedding her. But as yet, no blind man with far-seeing vision had come her way; and it always seemed to be her lot to take a second place, on occasions when she would have filled the first to infinite perfection.
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"I would 'stop the other part' and 'give you the note,'" said Garth, demurely.
"I am sure you would," said Jane. "You are always so very kind. But I prefer to keep the matter in my own hands."
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