Judith Paris. A Novel

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole. Judith Paris. A Novel

Judith Paris. A Novel

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PART I

ROGUE'S DAUGHTER

FORECHAPTER

LIFE AT ULDALE

STONE ENDS

SUNWOODS IN COCKERMOUTH

FIREWORKS OVER THE LAKE

THE FUGITIVE

DEATH OF DAVID

QUARREL AND FLIGHT

MADAME PARIS

END OF PART I. PART II

WATENDLATH

FRANCIS RIDES OVER

THE CRIMSON BIRD

HAPPINESS IN LONDON

THE HERRIES BALL

THE HANGING

THE CLIPPING

THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA

TUMBLE DOWNSTAIRS

END OF PART II

PART III

THE BIRD OF BRIGHT PLUMAGE

FAMILY PAPERS

ULDALE AGAIN

PAYING A CALL ON MRS. SOUTHEY

GONE TO EARTH

GHOSTLY IDYLL

WILL HERRIES DINES AT WESTAWAYS

JUDITH IN PARIS

PALAIS-ROYAL

END OF PART III. PART IV

MOTHER AND SON

THE HILLS

JUDITH RETURNS TO ULDALE

ROUND OF THE MOON

FRANCIS IN LONDON

Spring 1821

MONEY

MOB

THE CHOICE

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole

Published by Good Press, 2021

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'Who's that?' Judith asked of Gauntry. He was, as she had hoped, at the cheerful side of his drinking, singing a catch, shoving food into his mouth, exchanging bawdy stories with all and sundry.

'That!' he laughed, following her eyes. 'That's the Frenchy! There's his mama!' pointing a chicken-bone at a lady farther along the table. There were only two women here, one of them the wife of young Squire Osmaston, a flaxen-haired, broad-bosomed, opulent lady at the moment chucking Sam Newton under the chin. This other was different. She sat upright like a maypole and was black as a raven. Marvellous black eyes, she had, a lovely shapely bosom, and silver ornaments in her dark hair, which was her own and unpowdered. You could see, Judith decided, that she was the little boy's mother. They would be French then. Judith had heard of Paris, where silks and brandy came from. She had seen a print of the French Queen dancing in a great hall lit with flambeaux. This lady looked as though she could be a queen were she given the opportunity.

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