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Kate Vernon
Table of Contents
Volume 1
CHAPTER I. THE BALL
CHAPTER II. THE SEARCH
CHAPTER III. THE RENCONTRE
CHAPTER IV. THE DINNER
CHAPTER V. SKETCHERS AND SKETCHES
CHAPTER VI. REACTION
CHAPTER VII. MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES
CHAPTER VIII. CONVALESCENCE
CHAPTER IX. STRUGGLES
CHAPTER X. ADIEU
Volume 2
CHAPTER I. CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON
CHAPTER II. UNCERTAINTY
CHAPTER III. PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER IV. A NEW WORLD
CHAPTER V. THE NEW WORLD CONTINUED
CHAPTER VI. RESIGNATION
CHAPTER VII. LETTERS
CHAPTER VIII. AN ADVENTURE AND A SURPRISE
CHAPTER IX. TRIALS
Volume 3
CHAPTER I. NEW SCENES
CHAPTER II. LADY DESMOND
CHAPTER III. OLD ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER IV. REVELATIONS
CHAPTER V. AN ECLAIRCISSEMENT
CHAPTER VI. ARRANGEMENTS
CHAPTER VII. TERRA INCOGNITA
CHAPTER VIII. CARRINGTON
CHAPTER IX. THE LAST
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"Oh, show him in, Nurse; say Grandpapa particularly wishes to speak to him."
The Colonel rose, and advanced a step or two towards the door, through which entered a little man, deformed and slightly lame, with the pale angular face usual in deformed persons, a pair of deep set vivid dark eyes, and a certain mild sad expression, which conveyed itself to you at once—though it could not be said to strike you—and saved him from the appearance of utter ugliness. He came forward with an uncertain timid manner, holding a broad dusky-looking book. The Colonel shook his hand with an air of extreme cordiality and high-bred respect, exclaiming, "We had almost given you up." Miss Vernon, who had also risen, now greeted him. "Did you not get my message, Mr. Gilpin? I called at your house to-day to beg you would join us this evening."
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