The Squire's Daughter
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Hocking Silas Kitto. The Squire's Daughter
CHAPTER I. AN IMPERIOUS MAIDEN
CHAPTER II. APPREHENSIONS
CHAPTER III. A NEW SENSATION
CHAPTER IV. A BITTER INTERVIEW
CHAPTER V. THE CHANCES OF LIFE
CHAPTER VI. WAITING FOR THE BLOW TO FALL
CHAPTER VII. DAVID SPEAKS HIS MIND
CHAPTER VIII. CONFLICTING EMOTIONS
CHAPTER IX. PREPARING TO GO
CHAPTER X. RALPH SPEAKS HIS MIND
CHAPTER XI. UNCONSCIOUS SPEECH
CHAPTER XII. DOROTHY SPEAKS HER MIND
CHAPTER XIII. GATHERING CLOUDS
CHAPTER XIV. THE STORM BURSTS
CHAPTER XV. SIR JOHN GETS ANGRY
CHAPTER XVI. THE BIG HOUSE
CHAPTER XVII. DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER XVIII. A CONFESSION
CHAPTER XIX. A SILENT WELCOME
CHAPTER XX. WILLIAM MENIRE'S RED-LETTER DAY
CHAPTER XXI. A GOOD NAME
CHAPTER XXII. A FRESH START
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ROAD TO FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXIV. LAW AND LIFE
CHAPTER XXV. IN LONDON TOWN
CHAPTER XXVI. TRUTH WILL OUT
CHAPTER XXVII. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XXVIII. A TRYING POSITION
CHAPTER XXIX. A QUESTION OF MOTIVES
CHAPTER XXX. SELF AND ANOTHER
CHAPTER XXXI. A PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER XXXII. FOOD FOR REFLECTION
CHAPTER XXXIII. A PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XXXIV. A FRESH PAGE
CHAPTER XXXV. FAILURE OR FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PENALTY OF PROSPERITY
CHAPTER XXXVII. LIGHT AND SHADOW
CHAPTER XXXVIII. LOVE AND LIFE
CHAPTER XXXIX. PERPLEXING QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XL. LOVE OR FAREWELL
CHAPTER XLI. THE TABLES TURNED
CHAPTER XLII. COALS OF FIRE
CHAPTER XLIII. SIR JOHN ATONES
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Sir John Hamblyn was walking up and down in front of his house, fuming, as usual, and with a look upon his face that betokened acute anxiety. Why he should be so anxious he hardly knew. There seemed to be no special reason for it. Everything appeared to be moving along satisfactorily, and unless the absolutely unexpected happened, there was no occasion for a moment's worry.
But it was just the off-chance of something happening that irritated him. The old saying, "There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip," kept flitting across his brain with annoying frequency. If he could only get another month over without accident of any kind he would have peace; at least, so he believed.
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She closed her eyes slowly by way of reply; she was too spent to speak.
"You have not yet told me who you are," he said at length. All thought of rank and station had passed out of his mind. They were on an equality while he sat there folding her in his arms.
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