A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette
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Charlotte M. Brame. A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette
CHAPTER I. A VOICE AND A FACE IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER II. A FAIRY CHANGELING
CHAPTER III. A DAUGHTER OF PATRICIANS
CHAPTER IV. THE MARBLE PSYCHE
CHAPTER V "I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE YOU."
CHAPTER VI. FAITHLESS AND DEBONAIR
CHAPTER VII. ALL, ALL IS VANITY
CHAPTER VIII. THE YOUNG COQUETTE
CHAPTER IX. POET AND GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER X. A WASTED WARNING
CHAPTER XI. THE FOSTER-SISTERS
CHAPTER XII. BEAUTY BECOMES IMMORTAL
CHAPTER XIII "FAITHLESS AND DEBONAIR."
CHAPTER XV "I WILL BE TRUE – FOREVER."
CHAPTER XVI. A BETROTHAL DAY
CHAPTER XVII. A SHINING MEMORY
CHAPTER XVIII. A WOMAN AVERSE TO MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XIX. A PROSPECTIVE PLEASURE FOR DORIS
CHAPTER XX "THEY TELL ME, CHILD, THAT YOU ARE REALLY PROMISED IN MARRIAGE."
CHAPTER XXI. HER EYES INVITED HIM
CHAPTER XXII "I SHALL NEVER BE A MODEL WOMAN."
CHAPTER XXIII. THE COQUETTE AND THE MAN OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXIV. AN IMPASSIONED WOOING
CHAPTER XXV. THE FALSE LIPS OF WOMAN
CHAPTER XXVI. THE LAST HAPPY DAY OF HIS LIFE
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW SHE WAS TEMPTED
CHAPTER XXVIII. A WOMAN RESOLVED
CHAPTER XXIX. THE FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT
CHAPTER XXX. A THORN IN THE GARDEN OF ROSES
CHAPTER XXXI "I COULD SOONER PLUNGE A DAGGER IN HIS HEART."
CHAPTER XXXII "I AM A MAN, AND I WILL HAVE JUSTICE."
CHAPTER XXXIII. THERE IS NO TRUE LOVE EXCEPT THE LOVE OF A MOTHER
CHAPTER XXXIV "AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF DREAD HAS IT COME AT LAST?"
CHAPTER XXXV "I MUST TELL YOU MY SECRET."
CHAPTER XXXVI. LADY ESTELLE'S STORY
CHAPTER XXXVII "HE MADE ME BELIEVE THAT I WAS THE WHOLE WORLD TO HIM!"
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PUNISHMENT OF FOLLY
CHAPTER XXXIX. A MOTHER'S CONFESSION
CHAPTER XL. A CLEW AT LAST
CHAPTER XLI "I CLAIM YOU AS MY OWN; I WILL NEVER RELEASE YOU!"
CHAPTER XLII "THIS IS YOUR REVENGE – TO HUMILIATE ME."
CHAPTER XLIII. THE COQUETTE'S BLANDISHMENTS
CHAPTER XLIV. THE NOBLEMAN'S OATH
CHAPTER XLV. AN APPEAL FOR FORGIVENESS
CHAPTER XLVI. A THUNDERBOLT IN A DUCAL PALACE
CHAPTER XLVII. THE DUKE'S PLAN
CHAPTER XLVIII. AN IMPORTANT LETTER
CHAPTER XLIX "WELCOME, MY DAUGHTER, TO YOUR FATHER'S HEART."
CHAPTER L "ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON KNOWS MY SECRET."
CHAPTER LI. A NOBLEMAN'S GENEROSITY
CHAPTER LII "BE KIND TO HER, AS THOUGH YOU WERE HER OWN CHILD."
CHAPTER LIII. A YOUNG LADY PLEASANTLY OCCUPIED
CHAPTER LIV "I MUST BEAR IT FOR HIS SAKE."
CHAPTER LV "MY QUEEN ROSE OF THE ROSEBUDS."
CHAPTER LVI "WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, PERHAPS SHE LOVED SOME ONE LIKE ME."
CHAPTER LVII. THE YEARNINGS OF A MOTHER'S HEART
CHAPTER LVIII. BEFORE THE QUEEN
CHAPTER LIX. THE NEW BEAUTY DISCUSSED
CHAPTER LX. DORIS AFFECTS A LITTLE CURIOSITY
CHAPTER LXI "I MIGHT HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY, BUT FOR THIS!"
CHAPTER LXII "I HAVE SEEN SOME ONE LIKE HER."
CHAPTER LXIII. LORD VIVIANNE PERPLEXED
CHAPTER LXIV. A TERRIBLE TRIAL
CHAPTER LXV "IF SHE REFUSES, LET HER BEWARE!"
CHAPTER LXVI. A LITTLE ARTIFICE
CHAPTER LXVII. A QUIET WEDDING ADVOCATED
CHAPTER LXVIII. A CLEW AT LAST
CHAPTER LXIX. LORD VIVIANNE PROPOSES A LITTLE DISCUSSION
CHAPTER LXX. THE PRICE OF A SECRET
CHAPTER LXXI. THE COWARD'S THREAT
CHAPTER LXXII. THE EARL RELUCTANTLY ASSENTS
CHAPTER LXXIII. THE COUNTESS BECOMES CURIOUS
CHAPTER LXXIV. A LAST VAIN APPEAL
CHAPTER LXXV "HEAVEN SAVE EARLE!"
CHAPTER LXXVI "I SHALL WAKE UP AND FIND IT A DREAM."
CHAPTER LXXVII. TRYING ON THE WEDDING-DRESS
CHAPTER LXXVIII. A MIDNIGHT VISITOR
CHAPTER LXXIX. WHY HE SUSPECTED
CHAPTER LXXX. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT
CHAPTER LXXXI. THE SILENT BRIDE
CHAPTER LXXXII. HOW THE NEWS WAS TOLD
CHAPTER LXXXIII. THE CAPTAIN ASKS STRANGE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER LXXXIV. A MOTHER'S ANGUISH
CHAPTER LXXXV. A SURPRISE FOR LORD LINLEIGH
CHAPTER LXXXVI. HAUNTED BY A DEAD FACE
CHAPTER LXXXVII. SILENT LOVE REWARDED
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"Mark! Mark! it is a child, a poor forsaken baby," said Patty, stooping down and gathering into her womanly arms the weeping waif-fragment of the seething sea of humanity so strangely drifted to her door. "A child! Dear Heaven! such a very little child!"
She hurried into the kitchen and laid the bundle on the table in the circle of lamplight, and with careful, eager fingers, began to loosen the wrappings.
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"She must have been! Look at the letter, Mark. It is the letter of a good woman. She wants the child's soul kept white and pure. A wicked woman would think of the body, but not of the soul!"
The child opened its eyes – eyes like spring violets, softly blue. It stirred uneasily. Patty went for milk to feed it.
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