A German Pompadour

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Hon. Marie Hay. A German Pompadour

A German Pompadour

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

THE INTRIGUE

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II

THE AVE MARIA

CHAPTER III

THE FIRST STEP

CHAPTER IV

THE JOURNEY

CHAPTER V

THE PLAY-ACTING

CHAPTER VI

LOVE'S SPRINGTIDE

CHAPTER VII

THE FULFILMENT

CHAPTER VIII

THE GHETTO

CHAPTER IX

'SHE COMES TO STAY THIS TIME'

CHAPTER X

THE ATTACK IN THE GROTTO

CHAPTER XI

THE MOCK MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XII

THE MOCK COURT

CHAPTER XIII

THE DUCHESS'S BLACK ROOMS

CHAPTER XIV

THE SECOND MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XV

THE RETURN

CHAPTER XVI

LUDWIGSBURG

CHAPTER XVII

THE BURNING IN EFFIGY

CHAPTER XVIII

THE SINNER'S PALACE

CHAPTER XIX

THE GREAT TRIUMPH AND THE SHADOW

CHAPTER XX

SATIETY

CHAPTER XXI

THE DOWNFALL

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XXII

REST

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Hon. Marie Hay

Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg

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'Wilhelmine,' she said, her grave glance meeting the other's angry frown, 'Wilhelmine, what is it now? Has the mother been singing her usual song of poverty and marriage? Come, beloved one, never frown at me so; you know it hurts me when you frown, more than the sneers and laughter which I always hear around me.—My friend! Nothing is worth a frown, though many things are worth tears.'

Wilhelmine turned away abruptly. Anna Reinhard was her friend, one of the few people in the world for whom she felt affection; but the pedantic words of the deformed girl often irritated her, and she found that spoken wisdom of Anna's infinitely wearisome, yet she was seldom querulous to her, partly because of the real affection she bore her, partly from a certain fear of the hunchback's quick wit and vehemence.

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