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Rosa Campbell Praed. The Soul of Countess Adrian
The Soul of Countess Adrian
Table of Contents
I. A Meeting on the Sea. CHAPTER I
A Meeting on the Sea
II. The Improvisatrice. CHAPTER II
The Improvisatrice
III. A Modern Mystic. CHAPTER III
A Modern Mystic
IV. The Actress at Home. CHAPTER IV
The Actress at Home
V. Tea in the Studio. CHAPTER V
Tea in the Studio
VI. Countess Adrian's Sky-Parlour. CHAPTER VI
Countess Adrian's Sky-Parlour
VII. Countess Adrian's Portrait. CHAPTER VII
Countess Adrian's Portrait
VIII. The Great Night. CHAPTER VIII
The Great Night
IX. Mrs. Walcot Valbry's Ball. CHAPTER IX
Mrs. Walcot Valbry's Ball
X. The Avatar. CHAPTER X
The Avatar
XI. The Exorcism. CHAPTER XI
The Exorcism
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Rosa Campbell Praed
Published by Good Press, 2020
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"I did not mean such forces as those," she replied. "No, I would allow no dead faith to rule my life. I meant, Mr. Lendon, that you and I ought to be proud and happy that we are artists; for Art is the door through which the undying dead ones can come into our lives and teach us how to move our world as they themselves once moved theirs. If ever I am a great actress, as indeed I think I shall be some day, it will not be I myself who have any power, but the ghosts who have given to me of theirs."
"That is a fanciful theory, Miss Brett," said Lendon. "Don't you think that it may be a morbid one?"
