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Mary Jane Holmes. Bessie's Fortune
Bessie's Fortune
Table of Contents
I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF BESSIE,
WHICH WILL REMIND HIM OF A HAPPY YEAR IN EUROPE
BESSIE'S FORTUNE
PART I
CHAPTER I
THE JERROLDS OF BOSTON
CHAPTER II
GREY JERROLD
CHAPTER III
LUCY
CHAPTER IV
THANKSGIVING DAY AT GREY'S PARK
CHAPTER V
THE OLD MAN AND THE BOY
CHAPTER VI
MISS BETSEY McPHERSON
CHAPTER VII
THE DINNER, AT WHICH BESSIE IS INTRODUCED
CHAPTER VIII
AFTER THE DINNER
CHAPTER IX
THE HORROR AT THE FARM-HOUSE
CHAPTER X
THE INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XI
AT THE OLD MAN'S BEDSIDE
CHAPTER XII
THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
FACING IT
CHAPTER XIV
THE EFFECT OF THE STORY
CHAPTER XV
GREY AND THE SECRET
CHAPTER XVI
EXPECTING BESSIE
PART II
CHAPTER I
STONELEIGH
CHAPTER II
THE McPHERSONS
CHAPTER III
AT MONTE CARLO
CHAPTER IV
LITTLE BESSIE
CHAPTER V
AT PENRHYN PARK
CHAPTER VI
SEVEN YEARS LATER
CHAPTER VII
NEIL'S DISCOMFORTURE
CHAPTER VIII
JACK AND BESSIE
CHAPTER IX
CHRISTMAS AT STONELEIGH
CHAPTER X
GREY
CHAPTER XI
CHRISTMAS DAY
CHAPTER XII
THE CONTRACT
CHAPTER XIII
THE NEW GREY
CHAPTER XIV
MISS McPHERSON AND THE LETTER
CHAPTER XV
FROM JANUARY TO MARCH
CHAPTER XVI
FROM MARCH TO JUNE
CHAPTER XVII
MRS. ROSSITER-BROWNE
CHAPTER XVIII
THE BIRDS WHICH SANG, AND THE SHADOW WHICH FELL
CHAPTER XIX
WHAT GREY AND JACK DID
CHAPTER XX
WHAT THE McPHERSONS DID
CHAPTER XXI
WHAT DAISY DID
PART III
CHAPTER I
IN ROME
CHAPTER II
FAREWELL
CHAPTER III
DEAD
CHAPTER IV
POOR DAISY
CHAPTER V
BESSIE'S DECISION
CHAPTER VI
IN LIVERPOOL
CHAPTER VII
ON THE SHIP
CHAPTER VIII
GREY AND HIS AUNT
CHAPTER IX
BESSIE IS PROMOTED
CHAPTER X
BESSIE MEETS HER AUNT
CHAPTER XI
MISS McPHERSON'S HOUSEMAID
CHAPTER XII
BESSIE'S SUCCESSOR
CHAPTER XIII
BESSIE GOES TO GREY'S PARK
CHAPTER XIV
TELLING BESSIE
CHAPTER XV
WEDDING BELLS
CHAPTER XVI
BESSIE'S FORTUNE
CHAPTER XVII
OLD FRIENDS
CHAPTER XVIII
HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XIX
JOEL ROGERS' MONUMENT
CHAPTER XX
After Five Years
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Mary Jane Holmes
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"Starry eyes—that's just what they are, I think; and I can imagine how lovingly they look at me, and how pityingly, too. There is always something so sad in your voice when you speak to me, and I say to myself, 'That's how Lucy's eyes look at me, just as her voice sounds when it says brother Robbie.' I shall know you in heaven, the moment you come, and I shall be waiting for you, and when I see your eyes I shall say, 'That is sister Lucy, come at last!' Oh, it will be such joy!—no night, no blindness, no pain, and you with me again as you have been here, only there, I shall be the guide, and lead you through the green pastures beside the still waters, where never-fading flowers are blooming sweeter than the orange blossoms near our window."
Lucy was sobbing hysterically, with her head in his lap, while he smoothed the dark braids of her hair, and tried to comfort her by asking if she ought not to be glad that he was going where there was no more night for him, and where she, too, would join him in a little while.
