Dowling Richard. The Weird Sisters: A Romance. Volume 3 of 3
PART II. THE TOWERS OF SILENCE
CHAPTER VII. WAT GREY'S BUSINESS ROMANCE
CHAPTER VIII. MAKING HOLIDAY
CHAPTER IX. THE END OF THE HOLIDAY
PART III. HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER I. THE SECRET OF THE SALE
CHAPTER II "SIR WILLIAM – " "NO; MIDHARST."
CHAPTER III. THE PARTING
CHAPTER IV. BETWEEN THE LIGHTS
CHAPTER V "A WOMAN OF NO NAME."
CHAPTER VI. PENNILESS
CHAPTER VII. LOSING
CHAPTER VIII "I AM HE. FIRE."
CHAPTER IX. BANKER AND BARONET
CHAPTER X. GREY REMEMBERS
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Grey found his mother in the front parlour of her own house. She was as bright, intelligent as ever, and put down the Times and took off her spectacles as he entered.
"Henry," she exclaimed, as he came in, "what is the matter? You are looking like a ghost."
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"Well, mother, it is not only that no cause exists why I should not marry, but an absolute necessity – a necessity there is no evading, makes the step inevitable."
He had raised his head from his hand and was looking in her face.
