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Hilary Trent. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter
Mr. Claghorn's Daughter
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Mr. Claghorn's Daughter
CHAPTER I
A PHILOSOPHER AND A MARCHIONESS
CHAPTER II
TWO PAGANS DISCUSS FISH, PARIS AND THE HIGHER CRITICISM
CHAPTER III
A COUSIN IN THE COILS OF THE GREAT SERPENT
CHAPTER IV
THE DIVERSIONS OF THE CLAGHORNS
CHAPTER V
HOW A PAGAN PHILOSOPHER ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER VI
ART, DIPLOMACY, LOVE AND OTHER THINGS
CHAPTER VII
A CONFERENCE OF SPINSTERS CONCERNING A RUNAWAY DAMSEL
CHAPTER VIII
A MAIDEN FAIR, A MODERN EARLY FATHER AND A THEOLOGIAN
CHAPTER IX
THE ADVANTAGES OF TREADING THE BORDERLAND OF VICE
CHAPTER X
A YOUTH OF PROMISE, A FEMALE POLITICIAN AND A YELLOW MAN
CHAPTER XI
THE DEVIL WALKS TO AND FRO IN HAMPTON
CHAPTER XII
HER EYES GREW LIMPID AND HER CHEEKS FLUSHED RED
CHAPTER XIII
WHEREAT CYNICS AND MATRONS MAY SMILE INCREDULOUS
CHAPTER XIV
IN THE WHITE HOUSE, A DAMSEL OR THE DEVIL—WHICH?
CHAPTER XV
SUR LE PONT D'AVIGNON ON Y DANSE, ON Y DANSE
CHAPTER XVI
WARBLINGS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND SNARES FOR A SOUL
CHAPTER XVII
THE SECRET OF HER HEART WAS NEVER TO BE TOLD BY HER TO HIM
CHAPTER XVIII
A LOVER WRITES A LETTER
CHAPTER XIX
A KISS THAT MIGHT HAVE LINGERED ON HIS LIPS WHILE SEEKING ENTRANCE AT THE GATE OF HEAVEN
CHAPTER XX
A DISHONEST VEILING OF A WOMAN'S HEART
CHAPTER XXI
A MAN ABOUT TO MEET A MAID
CHAPTER XXII
MAN WALKETH IN A VAIN SHADOW
CHAPTER XXIII
A PARSON TREADS THE PRIMROSE PATH IN PARIS
CHAPTER XXIV
TO HIM I WILL BE HENCEFORTH TRUE IN ALL THINGS
CHAPTER XXV
MRS. JOE ON CLERICAL BUMPTIOUSNESS AND MRS. FENTON'S SHOULDERS
CHAPTER XXVI
INTRODUCES DR. STANLEY, SATAN AND THE PRAYER MEETING OF MATRONS
CHAPTER XXVII
THE MUSIC OF THE CHORUS OF THE ANGUISH OF THE DAMNED
CHAPTER XXVIII
CURSING AND BEATING HER BREAST, SHE FELL UPON THE GRAVE
CHAPTER XXIX
DR. STANLEY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE DIVERSIONS OF THE SAINTS
CHAPTER XXX
STARTLING EFFECT OF "DR. BURLEY'S TRUE MEANING."
CHAPTER XXXI
HE CLASPED HER LITHE BODY WITH A CLUTCH OF FURY
CHAPTER XXXII
A PÆAN OF VICTORY HYMNED IN HELL
CHAPTER XXXIII
A DELECTABLE DISCUSSION, IN WHICH A SHAKSPERIAN MATRON IS ROUTED
CHAPTER XXXIV
WHEN MANHOOD IS LOST WOMAN'S TIME IS COME
CHAPTER XXXV
A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
CHAPTER XXXVI
SHE CRIED ALOUD SHE WAS A GUILTY CREATURE
CHAPTER XXXVII
A GOLDEN BRIDGE ACROSS AN ABYSS OF SHAME
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE RUINS OF HER AIR-CASTLE LAY AROUND HER
CHAPTER XXXIX
VOIDABLE VOWS OF TURKS (AND OTHERS)
CHAPTER XL
HER FACE WAS THE MIRROR OF HER PLEASANT DREAMS
CHAPTER XLI
HER GUILTY CONSCIENCE CRIED: "BEHOLD YOUR HANDIWORK."
CHAPTER XLII
"I WILL NEVER LEAVE HIM, SO HELP ME GOD IN HEAVEN."
CHAPTER XLIII
MONEY, HEAPS OF MONEY
CHAPTER XLIV
WEDDING BELLS
THE END
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Hilary Trent
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Not since we were students together at Hampton Theological Seminary," added Jared, smilingly. He habitually indulged in a broad smile that indicated satisfaction with things as he found them. It was very broad now, as he offered his hand, saying, "And so you are 'Liph's daughter, and your name is Natalidaflurry—that must be French. And your mother, my dear, I hope——"
"My wife has been dead since my daughter's birth," interrupted Monsieur, "and I," he added, "long ago discarded my baptismal name and assumed that of my mother."
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