The Duchess of Wrexe, Her Decline and Death

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Hugh Walpole. The Duchess of Wrexe, Her Decline and Death

BOOK I. THE DUCHESS

CHAPTER I. FELIX BRUN, DR. CHRISTOPHER, RACHEL BEAMINSTER—THEY ARE SURVEYED BY THE PORTRAIT

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CHAPTER II. RACHEL

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CHAPTER III. LADY ADELA

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CHAPTER IV. THE POOL

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CHAPTER V. SHE COMES OUT

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CHAPTER VI. FANS

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CHAPTER VII. IN THE HEART OF THE HOUSE

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CHAPTER VIII. THE TIGER

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CHAPTER IX. THE GOLDEN CAGE

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CHAPTER X. LIZZIE AND BRETON

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CHAPTER XI. HER GRACE'S DAY

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CHAPTER XII. DEFIANCE OF THE TIGER—I

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CHAPTER XIII. DEFIANCE OF THE TIGER—II

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BOOK II. RACHEL

CHAPTER I. THE POOL AND THE SNOW

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CHAPTER II. A LITTLE HOUSE

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CHAPTER III. FIRST SEQUEL TO DEFIANCE

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CHAPTER IV. RACHEL—AND CHRISTOPHER AND RODDY

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CHAPTER V. LIZZIE'S JOURNEY—I

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CHAPTER VI. ALL THE BEAMINSTERS

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CHAPTER VII. RACHEL AND BRETON

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CHAPTER VIII. CHRISTOPHER'S DAY

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CHAPTER IX. THE DARKEST HOUR

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CHAPTER X. LIZZIE'S JOURNEY—II

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CHAPTER XI. RODDY IS MASTER

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CHAPTER XII. LIZZIE'S JOURNEY—III

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BOOK III. RODDY

CHAPTER I. REGENT'S PARK—BRETON AND LIZZIE

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CHAPTER II. THE DUCHESS MOVES

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CHAPTER III. RODDY MOVES

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CHAPTER IV. MARCH 13th: BRETON'S TIGER

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CHAPTER V. MARCH 13th: RACHEL'S HEART

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CHAPTER VI. MARCH 13th: RODDY TALKS TO THE DEVIL AND THE DUCHESS DENIES GOD

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CHAPTER VII. CHAMBER MUSIC—A TRIO

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CHAPTER VIII. A QUARTETTE

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CHAPTER IX. RACHEL AND RODDY

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CHAPTER X. LIZZIE BECOMES MISS RAND AGAIN

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CHAPTER XI. THE LAST VIEW FROM HIGH WINDOWS

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CHAPTER XII. RACHEL, RODDY, LORD JOHN, CHRISTOPHER

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CHAPTER XIII. EPILOGUE—PROLOGUE

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Felix Brun, perched like a little bird, on the steps of the Rede Art Gallery, gazed up and down Bond Street, with his sharp eyes for someone to whom he might show Yale Ross's portrait of the Duchess of Wrexe. The afternoon was warm, the date May of the year 1898, and the occasion was the Young Portrait Painters' first show with Ross's "Duchess" as its principal attraction.

Brun was thrilled with excitement, with emotion, and he must have his audience. There must be somebody to whom he might talk, to whom he might explain exactly why this occasion was of so stirring an importance.

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"I can't tell you," she said, when it was time for them to part, "how much all you say interests me. I love horses too, and I adore dogs–"

"I've got a dog I'd like you to have," he began. "It's a–"

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