How It All Came Round

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L. T. Meade. How It All Came Round

How It All Came Round

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CHAPTER I

THE RICH CHARLOTTE

CHAPTER II

THE POOR CHARLOTTE

CHAPTER III

THE STORY

CHAPTER IV

TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT

CHAPTER V

LOVE IN A DIAMOND

CHAPTER VI

IN PRINCE'S GATE

CHAPTER VII

IT INTERESTS HER

CHAPTER VIII

THE WOMAN BY THE HEARTH

CHAPTER IX

CHARLOTTE CANNOT BEAR THE DARK

CHAPTER X

JOHN AND JASPER HARMAN

CHAPTER XI

"A PET DAY."

CHAPTER XII

FOUR MONTHS HENCE

CHAPTER XIII

HIS FIRST BRIEF

CHAPTER XIV

LODGINGS IN KENTISH TOWN

CHAPTER XV

MR. HARMAN'S CONFIDENCE

CHAPTER XVI

"VENGEANCE IS MINE."

CHAPTER XVII

HAPPINESS NOT JUSTICE

CHAPTER XVIII

"SUGAR AND SPICE AND ALL THAT'S NICE."

CHAPTER XIX

"THE PRETTY LADY."

CHAPTER XX

TWO CHARLOTTES

CHAPTER XXI

A FRIEND IN NEED

CHAPTER XXII

EMPTY PURSES

CHAPTER XXIII

"THY WILL BE DONE."

CHAPTER XXIV

"YOU KEPT A SECRET FROM ME."

CHAPTER XXV

THEY RECALL TOO MUCH

CHAPTER XXVI

HAD HE SEEN A GHOST?

CHAPTER XXVII

THE CHILDREN'S GREAT-UNCLE

CHAPTER XXVIII

CUT OFF WITH A SHILLING

CHAPTER XXIX

"SOMETHING BETTER FOR THE CHILDREN THAN MONEY."

CHAPTER XXX

SHE COULD NOT POSTPONE HER ENGAGEMENT

CHAPTER XXXI

WHERE HAD THE MONEY CARES VANISHED TO?

CHAPTER XXXII

JASPER'S TERROR

CHAPTER XXXIII

THE READING OF THE WILL

CHAPTER XXXIV

TRUSTEES

CHAPTER XXXV

DAN'S WIFE

CHAPTER XXXVI

AN OLD WEDDING-RING

CHAPTER XXXVII

THREE FACTS

CHAPTER XXXVIII

THE DOCTOR'S VERDICT

CHAPTER XXXIX

PUZZLED

CHAPTER XL

CHARLOTTE'S PLEA

CHAPTER XLI

NO WEDDING ON THE TWENTIETH

CHAPTER XLII

"I LOVE HIM," SHE ANSWERED

CHAPTER XLIII

"YOU DON'T WANT MONEY?"

CHAPTER XLIV

LOVE BEFORE GOLD

CHAPTER XLV

THE FATE OF A LETTER

CHAPTER XLVI

"THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS."

CHAPTER XLVII

CHARLOTTE HARMAN'S COMFORT

CHAPTER XLVIII

THE CHILDREN'S ATTIC

CHAPTER XLIX

HE WEPT

CHAPTER L

HOME'S SERMON

CHAPTER LI

A SINNER

CHAPTER LII

A HIDDEN SIN

CHAPTER LIII

THE PRINCE OF PEACE

CHAPTER LIV

CHARLOTTE'S ROOM

CHAPTER LV

HOW SANDY WILSON SPEAKS OUT HIS MIND

CHAPTER LVI

MRS. HOME'S DREAM

CHAPTER LVII

JOHN

CHAPTER LVIII

BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM

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L. T. Meade

Published by Good Press, 2019

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After the story was finished the husband and wife sat for a long time side by side, in absolute silence. Both pairs of eyes were fixed on the glowing embers in the fire; the wife's reflected back both the lights and the shadows; they were troubled eyes, troubled with possible joy, troubled also with the dark feelings of anger. The husband's, on the contrary, were calm and steady. No strong hope was visiting them, but despair, even disquietude, seemed miles away. Presently the wife's small nervous fingers were stretched out to meet her husband's, his closed over them, he turned his head, met her anxious face, smiled and spoke.

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