Mrs. Geoffrey
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Duchess. Mrs. Geoffrey
CHAPTER I. HOW GEOFFREY DECLARES HIS INTENTION OF SPENDING THE AUTUMN IN IRELAND
CHAPTER II. HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE
CHAPTER III. HOW GEOFFREY'S HEART IS CLAIMED BY CUPID AS A TARGET, AND HOW MONA STOOPS TO CONQUER
CHAPTER IV. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA ENTER A CABIN AND SEE ONE OF THE RESULTS OF PARNELL'S ELOQUENCE
CHAPTER V. HOW MONA BETRAYS WHAT MAKES GEOFFREY JEALOUS, AND HOW AN APPOINTMENT IS MADE THAT IS ALL MOON-SHINE
CHAPTER VI. HOW THE MYSTIC MOONBEAMS THROW THEIR RAYS ON MONA; AND HOW GEOFFREY, JEALOUS OF THEIR ADMIRATION, DESIRES TO CLAIM HER AS HIS OWN
CHAPTER VII. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA FALL INTO STRANGE COMPANY AND HOW THEY PROFIT BY IT; AND HOW MONA, OUTSTRIPPING WICKED VENGEANCE, SAVES A LIFE
CHAPTER VIII. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA PLAN A TRANSFORMATION SCENE
CHAPTER IX. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA DILIGENTLY WORK UP THE TRANSFORMATION SCENE; AND HOW SUCCESS CROWNS THEIR EFFORTS
CHAPTER X. HOW MONA, GROWING INQUISITIVE, ASKS QUESTIONS; AND HOW GEOFFREY, BEING BROUGHT TO BAY, MAKES CONFESSIONS THAT BODE BUT EVIL TO HIS FUTURE PEACE, AND BREED IMMEDIATE WAR
CHAPTER XI. HOW GEOFFREY RETURNS TO HIS ALLEGIANCE – HOW HE DISCOVERS HIS DIVINITY DEEP IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SOME MYSTIC RITES WITHIN THE COOL PRECINCTS OF HER TEMPLE – AND HOW HE SEEKS TO REDUCE HER TO REASON FROM THE TOP OF AN INVERTED CHURN
CHAPTER XII. HOW GEOFFREY TELLS HOME SECRETS, AND HOW MONA COMMENTS THEREON – HOW DEATH STALKS RAMPANT IN THEIR PATH – AND HOW, THOUGH GEOFFREY DECLINES TO "RUN AWAY," HE STILL "LIVES TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY."
CHAPTER XIII. HOW MONA PROVES HERSELF EQUAL – IF NOT SUPERIOR – TO DR. MARY WALKER; AND HOW GEOFFREY, BY A BASE THREAT, CARRIES HIS POINT
CHAPTER XIV. HOW GEOFFREY WRITES A LETTER THAT POSSESSES ALL THE PROPERTIES OF DYNAMITE – AND HOW CONFUSION REIGNS AT THE TOWERS
CHAPTER XV. HOW LADY RODNEY SPEAKS HER MIND – HOW GEOFFREY DOES THE SAME – AND HOW MONA DECLARES HERSELF STRONG TO CONQUER
CHAPTER XVI. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA ENTER THE TOWERS – AND HOW THEY ARE RECEIVED BY THE INHABITANTS THEREOF
CHAPTER XVII. HOW MONA RISES BETIMES – AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW OLD SIR GEORGE HATED HIS FIRSTBORN – AND HOW HE MADE HIS WILL – AND HOW THE EARTH SWALLOWED IT
CHAPTER XIX. HOW FATE DEALS HARSHLY WITH MONA, AND HOW SHE DROOPS – AS MIGHT A FLOWER – BENEATH ITS UNKINDLY TOUCH
CHAPTER XX. HOW MONA DANCES A COUNTRY DANCE BEFORE A HYPERCRITICAL AUDIENCE – AND HOW MORE EYES THAN SHE WOTS OF MARK HER PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER XXI. HOW NOLLY HAVING MADE HIMSELF PRESENTABLE, TRIES ALSO TO MAKE HIMSELF AGREEABLE – AND HOW HE SUCCEEDS
CHAPTER XXII. HOW MONA GOES TO HER FIRST BALL – AND HOW SHE FARES THEREAT
CHAPTER XXIII. HOW MONA INTERVIEWS THE DUCHESS – AND HOW SHE SUSTAINS CONVERSATION WITH THE RODNEYS' EVIL GENIUS
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW THE CLOUD GATHERS – AND HOW NICHOLAS AND DOROTHY HAVE THEIR BAD QUARTER OF AN HOUR
CHAPTER XXV. HOW DISCUSSION WAXES RIFE – AND HOW NICHOLAS, HAVING MADE A SUGGESTION THAT IS BITTER TO THE EARS OF HIS AUDIENCE, YET CARRIES HIS POINT AGAINST ALL OPPOSITION
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW MONA GOES TO ANADALE – AND HOW SHE THERE SEES MANY THINGS AS YET TO HER UNKNOWN
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW MONA TAKES A WALK ABROAD – AND HOW SHE ASKS CROSS-QUESTIONS AND RECEIVES CROOKED ANSWERS
CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW THE TOWERS WAKES INTO LIFE – AND HOW MONA SHOWS THE LIBRARY TO PAUL RODNEY
CHAPTER XXIX. HOW GEOFFREY DINES OUT, AND HOW MONA FARES DURING HIS ABSENCE
CHAPTER XXX. HOW MONA, GHOST-LIKE, FLITS THROUGH THE OLD TOWERS AT MIDNIGHT – HOW THE MOON LIGHTS HER WAY – AND HOW SHE MEETS ANOTHER GHOST MORE FORMIDABLE THAN HERSELF
CHAPTER XXXI. HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND – HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER – AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION
CHAPTER XXXII. HOW MONA KEEPS HER OWN COUNSEL – AND HOW AT MIDDAY SHE RECEIVES A NOTE
CHAPTER XXXIII. HOW CONVERSATION GROWS RIFE AT THE TOWERS – AND HOW MONA ASSERTS HERSELF – AND HOW LADY RODNEY LICKS THE DUST
CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW THE RODNEYS MAKE MERRY OVER THE SECRET PANEL – HOW GEOFFREY QUESTIONS MONA – AND HOW, WHEN JOY IS AT ITS HIGHEST EVIL TIDINGS SWEEP DOWN UPON THEM
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW MONA COMFORTS PAUL RODNEY – HOW NIGHT AND DEATH DESCEND TOGETHER – AND HOW PAUL RODNEY DISPOSES OF HIS PROPERTY
CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW MONA DEFENDS THE DEAD – AND HOW LADY LILIAS EATON WAXES ELOQUENT
CHAPTER XXXVII. HOW MONA REFUSES A GALLANT OFFER – AND HOW NOLLY VIEWS LIFE THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF A PORTUGAL LAUREL
CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW NOLLY DECLINES TO REPEAT HIS STORY – HOW JACK RODNEY TELLS ONE INSTEAD – AND HOW THEY ALL SHOW THEIR SURPRISE ABOUT WHAT THEY KNEW BEFORE
CHAPTER XXXIX. HOW WEDDING-BELLS CAN BE HEARD IN THE DISTANCE – HOW LOVE ENCOMPASSES MONA – AND HOW AT LAST FAREWELL IS SPOKEN
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It is early morn. "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air." On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun. Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and
Geoffrey, with his gun upon his shoulder, trudges steadily onward rejoicing in the freshness of the morning air.
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"Don't be long," he says, impulsively, as she disappears down a passage.
"I won't, then. Sure you can live alone with yourself for one minute," returns she, in very fine Irish; and, with a parting smile, sweet as nectar and far more dangerous, she goes.
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