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Bowen Marjorie. The Quest of Glory
The Quest of Glory
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. PRAGUE, 1742
CHAPTER II. THE CHAPEL OF ST. WENCESLAS
CHAPTER III. CAROLA KOKLINSKA
CHAPTER IV. CARDINAL FLEURY’S BLUNDER
CHAPTER V. THE RETREAT FROM PRAGUE
CHAPTER VI. ON THE HEIGHTS
CHAPTER VII. THE HOME AT AIX
CHAPTER VIII. CLÉMENCE DE SÉGUY
CHAPTER IX. THE HERETIC
CHAPTER X. THE MAGICIAN
CHAPTER XI. M. DE RICHELIEU
CHAPTER XII. THE DIAMOND RING
CHAPTER XIII. THREE LETTERS
CHAPTER I. PARIS
CHAPTER II. A WALLED GARDEN
CHAPTER III. A PAVILION AT VERSAILLES
CHAPTER IV. DESPAIR
CHAPTER V. THE PAINTER
CHAPTER VI. IN THE GARDEN
CHAPTER VII. A PICTURE
CHAPTER VIII. VOLTAIRE
CHAPTER IX. REFLECTIONS
CHAPTER X. IN THE LOUVRE
CHAPTER XI. THE FÊTE
CHAPTER XII. AFTERWARDS
CHAPTER XIII. CLÉMENCE
CHAPTER XIV. IN THE CONVENT
CHAPTER I. THE FATHER
CHAPTER II. RETURN TO LIFE!
CHAPTER III. THE BETROTHED
CHAPTER IV. THE CONFLICT
CHAPTER V. THE DEPARTURE FROM AIX
CHAPTER VI. THE GARRET
CHAPTER VII. THE ROSES OF M. MARMONTEL
CHAPTER VIII. THE END OF THE QUEST
EPILOGUE
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Marjorie Bowen
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The Countess Carola took no heed; she was murmuring prayers in her own language, which to his ears sounded uncouth, but not unpleasing. He moved respectfully away. An acolyte was passing before the high altar; the door was swinging to and fro as several people—French, Bavarian, and Bohemian—entered the church for vespers.
M. de Vauvenargues looked back at the figure of the Polish lady. She appeared to be praying with a real and rather sad fervour; her strange, rich, and flamboyant dress, her disarranged hair, her attitude of supplication made her a fitting figure for the sparkling chapel; she looked more like a youth than a woman; she might have been St. Wenceslas himself just before the knife of Boleslav was plunged into his back.
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