The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls
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Meade L. T.. The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls
CHAPTER I. – FAIR LITTLE MAIDS
CHAPTER II. – MAKING TERMS
CHAPTER III. – PREPARING FOR THE HEIR
CHAPTER IV. – A SPARTAN BOY
CHAPTER V. – IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER VI. – THE TOWER BEDROOM
CHAPTER VII. – “BETYDE WHAT MAY.”
CHAPTER VIII. – THE SACRED CUPBOARD
CHAPTER IX. – A TRYSTING-PLACE
CHAPTER X. – PROOFS
CHAPTER XI. – THE LADY WHO CAME WITH A GIFT
CHAPTER XII. – LOST IN THE NEW FOREST
CHAPTER XIII. – ONE MORE SECRET
CHAPTER XIV. – THE AUSTRALIANS
CHAPTER XV. – WAS HE ACTING?
CHAPTER XVI. – LOST
CHAPTER XVII. – LOOKING FOR THE TANKARD
CHAPTER XVIII. – THE MARMADUKES
CHAPTER XIX. – A TENDER HEART
CHAPTER XX. – PUNISHED
CHAPTER XXI. – WHAT THE HEIR OUGHT TO BE
CHAPTER XXII. – RIGHT IS RIGHT
CHAPTER XXIII. – FOREST LIFE
CHAPTER XXIV. – A GREAT ALARM
CHAPTER XXV. – A DREAM WITH A MEANING
CHAPTER XXVI. – LOVE VERSUS GOLD
CHAPTER XXVII. – TWO MOTHERS
CHAPTER XXVIII. – THE LADY WHO CAME WITH A GIFT
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“Mother, mother, mother, he was so cross!”
“He had pain, mother, and him’s eyes was wrinkled up so.”
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Then Miss Griselda went downstairs, and she and Miss Katharine had their interview with the grave, quiet young mother, who had come, as she said, to make terms. No one heard what they said to her nor what she said to them; no one knew what arrangements were arrived at between the three; no one guessed either then or long years afterward what the terms were. When the somewhat protracted interview had come to an end, the young mother left Miss Griselda’s study with her veil drawn tightly over her face. If her eyes were red and her lips trembled, no one noticed those signs of grief through her thick crape veil. Miss Griselda offered her food, and Miss Katharine wanted to take her hand and wring it with a kindly pressure; but she shook her head at the one and drew back proudly from the other’s proffered hand-shake.
The dog-cart was waiting at a side entrance, and she got into it and drove away. Nor did she once look back as she drove down the long straight avenue under the shade of the old forest trees.
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