Of High Descent
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Fenn George Manville. Of High Descent
Volume One – Chapter One “In the West Countree.”
Volume One – Chapter Two. Elements of a Whole
Volume One – Chapter Three. Discords
Volume One – Chapter Four. A Thunderbolt
Volume One – Chapter Five. Poison and Antidote
Volume One – Chapter Six. Harry Vine Speaks Plainly; So does his Friend
Volume One – Chapter Seven. Chez Van Heldre
Volume One – Chapter Eight. Uncle Luke Speaks his Mind
Volume One – Chapter Nine. In Office Hours
Volume One – Chapter Ten. Harry Vine has a Want
Volume One – Chapter Eleven. Aunt Marguerite Studies a Comedy
Volume One – Chapter Twelve. Uncle Luke’s Spare Cash
Volume One – Chapter Thirteen. To Reap the Wind
Volume One – Chapter Fourteen. Diogenes in his Tub
Volume One – Chapter Fifteen. My Aunt’s Bête Noire
Volume One – Chapter Sixteen. In a West Coast Gale
Volume One – Chapter Seventeen. The News
Volume One – Chapter Eighteen. Harry Vine Shows his Bright Side
Volume One – Chapter Nineteen. A Bad Night’s Work
Volume Two – Chapter One. In the Black Shadow
Volume Two – Chapter Two. Harry Looks the Fact in the Face
Volume Two – Chapter Three. The Punishment Begins
Volume Two – Chapter Four. Uncle Luke Grows Harder
Volume Two – Chapter Five. The Trifle that Tells Tales
Volume Two – Chapter Six. On the Rack
Volume Two – Chapter Seven. Leslie makes a Declaration
Volume Two – Chapter Eight. A Brother’s Appeal
Volume Two – Chapter Nine. In Defence of his Young
Volume Two – Chapter Ten. On his Behalf
Volume Two – Chapter Eleven “In the Queen’s Name.”
Volume Two – Chapter Twelve “Oh! Absalom, my Son, my Son.”
Volume Two – Chapter Thirteen “The Lord Gave, and – ”
Volume Two – Chapter Fourteen. At the Granite House
Volume Two – Chapter Fifteen. George Vine Asks for Help
Volume Two – Chapter Sixteen. The Old Watch-Dog
Volume Two – Chapter Seventeen. Crampton Reports Progress
Volume Two – Chapter Eighteen. A Title of Honour
Volume Two – Chapter Nineteen. Poll Perrow Goes a-Begging
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty. A Meeting in Pain
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty One. Duncan Leslie Speaks out
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Two. Aunt Marguerite makes Plans
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Three. A Startling Visitation
Volume Three – Chapter One. For Liberty and Life
Volume Three – Chapter Two. A Place of Refuge
Volume Three – Chapter Three. The Horror in the Zorn
Volume Three – Chapter Four. The Friend in Adversity
Volume Three – Chapter Five. Brother – Lover
Volume Three – Chapter Six. The Plant Aunt Marguerite Grew
Volume Three – Chapter Seven. After the Great Sorrows
Volume Three – Chapter Eight. The Discovery
Volume Three – Chapter Nine. Broken with the Fight
Volume Three – Chapter Ten. A Strange Summons
Volume Three – Chapter Eleven. Her Defender
Volume Three – Chapter Twelve. Aunt Marguerite Finds a Friend
Volume Three – Chapter Thirteen. Half Converted
Volume Three – Chapter Fourteen. A Hard Test
Volume Three – Chapter Fifteen. An Old Friend – or Enemy?
Volume Three – Chapter Sixteen. The Needle in a Bottle of Hay
Volume Three – Chapter Seventeen. Pradelle is Pricked
Volume Three – Chapter Eighteen. The Dog Bites
Volume Three – Chapter Nineteen. Diogenes Discovers
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty. Uncle Luke Turns Prophet
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty One. Leslie Makes an Announcement
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Two. Harry’s Message
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Three. Uncle Luke has a Word
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Four. Tried in the Fire
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Madelaine Van Heldre had seen the object of Uncle Luke’s vexation before he called attention to it; and at the first glance her eyes had lit up with pleasure, but only to give place to an anxious, troubled look, and faint lines came across her brow.
“Why, it is only Harry with his friend,” said Louise quietly.
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The changes were made, and the little yawl sped rapidly on past the headland of grey granite hoary and shaggy with moss; past black frowning masses of slaty shale, over and amongst which the waves broke in sparkling foam, and on and on by ferny hollows and rifts, down which trickled tiny streams. The day was glorious, and the reflection of the sapphire sky dyed the sea tint of a blue that seemed amethystine in its richer transparent hue. The grey gulls floated overhead, and the tiny fish they pursued made the sea flash as they played about and showed their silvery sides.
But the conversation flagged. Possibly the fact of its being the last day of a pleasant sojourn acted upon the spirits of two of the party, while the third of the male occupants of the boat rather welcomed the restraint and silence, for it gave him an opportunity to sit and think and wonder what was to be his future, and what the animated countenance of Louise Vine meant as she answered the questions of her brother’s friend.
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