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Charlotte M. Yonge. Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise
Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise
Table of Contents
PREFACE
STRAY PEARLS
MEMOIRS OF MARGARET DE RIBAUMONT, VISCOUNTESS OF BELLAISE
CHAPTER I. — WHITEHALL BEFORE THE COBWEBS
CHAPTER II. — A LITTLE MUTUAL AVERSION
CHAPTER III. — CELADON AND CHLOE
CHAPTER IV. — THE SALON BLEU
CHAPTER V. — IN GARRISON
CHAPTER VI. — VICTORY DEARLY BOUGHT
CHAPTER VII. — WIDOW AND WIFE
CHAPTER VIII. — MARGUERITE TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER IX. — THE FIREBRAND OF THE BOCAGE
CHAPTER X. — OLD THREADS TAKEN UP
CHAPTER XI. — THE TWO QUEENS
CHAPTER XII. — CAVALIERS IN EXILE
CHAPTER XIII. — MADEMOISELLE’S TOILETTE
CHAPTER XIV. — COURT APPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XV. — A STRANGER THANKSGIVING DAY
CHAPTER XVI. — THE BARRICADES
CHAPTER XVII. — A PATIENT GRISEL
CHAPTER XVIII. — TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL
CHAPTER XIX. — INSIDE PARIS
Annora’s narrative
CHAPTER XX. — CONDOLENCE
(By Margaret)
CHAPTER XXI. — ST. MARGARET AND THE DRAGON
CHAPTER XXII. — ST. MARGARET AND THE DRAGON
(By Annora)
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE LION AND THE MOUSE
CHAPTER XXIV. — FAMILY HONOUR
CHAPTER XXV. — THE HAGUE
CHAPTER XXVI. — HUNDERSLUST
CHAPTER XXVII. — THE EXPEDIENT
(Annora’s Narrative)
CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE BOEUF GRAS
(Annora’s Narrative)
CHAPTER XXIX. — MADAME’S OPPORTUNITY
(Annora’s Narrative)
CHAPTER XXX. — THE NEW MAID OF ORLEANS
(Margaret’s Narrative)
CHAPTER XXXI. — PORTE ST. ANTOINE
(Margaret’s Narrative)
CHAPTER XXXII. — ESCAPE
(Annora’s Narrative)
CHAPTER XXXIII. — BRIDAL PEARLS
CHAPTER XXXIV. — ANNORA’S HOME
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Charlotte M. Yonge
Published by Good Press, 2019
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All that time I was in untold misery, and poor nurse Tryphena was worse than I was, and only now and then was heard groaning out that she was a dead woman, and begging me to tell some one to throw her over board.
But it was that voyage which gave me my husband. He was not exactly at his ease, but he kept his feet better than any of the other gentlemen, and he set himself to supply the place of valet to his uncle, and of maid to me, going to and fro between our cabins as best he could, for he fell and rolled whenever he tried to more; sharp shriek or howl, or a message through the steward, summoned him back to M. le Marquis, who had utterly forgotten all his politeness and formality towards the ladies.
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