Kate Vernon, Vol. 2 (of 3)

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Mrs. Alexander. Kate Vernon, Vol. 2 (of 3)

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

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Welcome indeed was the gleam of hope, afforded by this discovery, to the Colonel and Kate.

To their non-legal minds, it appeared that any acknowledgment of money received, was sufficient, although no sum was mentioned; and Kate even felt remorse for her hasty condemnation of Mr. Taaffe; as she concluded the production of the newly found letter, would settle the question at once, and for ever, and draw forth an humble apology from the offender; her spirits rose even above their usual height, and overleaping, with the sanguine vivacity of her age and race, all intervening probabilities, she revelled in her anticipated visit to Italy, and spent many a pleasant half-hour in endeavouring to overcome nurse's inveterate antipathy to "thim rampagin divils, the Frinch" (under which name she classed all foreign nations and foreigners), and in exercising her powers of persuasion to induce the Winters and Gilpin to join in the pilgrimage.

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"Shall I speak to him of business to-night?" she asked herself more than once; anxious to begin that line of conduct which Winter had pointed out to be her duty; and, each time as she looked at the worn expression of that beloved and venerated face, her heart answered, "No, not to-night, let him have a good night's rest, and to-morrow, to-morrow, I will unflinchingly approach the subject."

So she brought him his footstool and moved his chair to the right angle with the fire.

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