The Soul of Countess Adrian

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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?"

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