In Silk Attire: A Novel

In Silk Attire: A Novel
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William Black. In Silk Attire: A Novel

CHAPTER I. OVER, AND SAFE

CHAPTER II. THE LOOK BACK

CHAPTER III. THE MARCHIONESS

CHAPTER IV. THE ACTRESS

CHAPTER V. ST. MARY-KIRBY

CHAPTER VI. CHESNUT BANK

CHAPTER VII. BALNACLUITH PLACE

CHAPTER VIII. JULIET

CHAPTER IX. THE COUNT'S BROTHER

CHAPTER X. MISS BRUNEL AT HOME

CHAPTER XI. IN THE PARK

CHAPTER XII. GOOD-BYE

CHAPTER XIII "MIT DEINEN SCHÖNEN AUGEN."

CHAPTER XIV. THE OUTCAST

CHAPTER XV. SCHÖN-ROHTRAUT

CHAPTER XVI. SCHÖNSTEIN

CHAPTER XVII. THE COUNT DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF

CHAPTER XVIII. ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE

CHAPTER XIX. FLIGHT

CHAPTER XX. HOMEWARDS

CHAPTER XXI. IN ENGLAND

CHAPTER XXII. ROSALIND

CHAPTER XXIII. HOME AGAIN

CHAPTER XXIV. A LAST WORD

CHAPTER XXV. EVIL TIDINGS

CHAPTER XXVI. THE COUNT'S CHANCE

CHAPTER XXVII. DOUBTFUL

CHAPTER XXVIII. MOTHER CHRISTMAS'S STORY

CHAPTER XXIX. LEFT ALONE

CHAPTER XXX. THE COUNT HESITATES

CHAPTER XXXI. THE DECISION

CHAPTER XXXII. CONFESSION

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BAIT IS TAKEN

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE NEW GOVERNESS

CHAPTER XXXV. ANOTHER BLUNDER

CHAPTER XXXVI. AN OLD ADMIRER

CHAPTER XXXVII. POSSESSION

CHAPTER XXXVIII. ORMOND PLACE

CHAPTER XXXIX 'THE COULIN.'

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How still the lake of Thun lay, under the fierce heat! The intense blue of it stretched out and over to the opposite shore, and there lost itself in the soft green reflection of the land; while the only interruption of the perfect surface was a great belt of ruffled light stirred by the wind underneath the promontory of Spiez. Then overhead the misty purple mass of the Niessen; and beyond that again the snowy peaks of the Schreckhorn, Mönch, and Jungfrau glimmering through the faint and luminous haze of the sunlight; and over these the serene blue of a Swiss sky. Down in front of the house the lake narrowed to the sharp point at which it breaks suddenly away into the rapid, surging green-white waters of the Aar; and at this moment, as seen from the open window, two men in a low flat boat were vainly endeavouring to make head against the powerful current.

At the window sate a little girl of about four years old, with large dark grey eyes, a bright, clear face, and magnificent jet-black curls; a doll-looking little thing, perhaps, but for the unusual depth and meaning of those soft, large eyes. All at once she put her elbows on a tiny card-table opposite her, clasped her hands, and said, with a piteous intonation:

.....

"You think I am led astray by theatrical notions of life?" she said, with a smile. "It was my experience of your 'outside world' which made me resolve that my girl should never suffer that which I have suffered. The resolution is a very old one, sir. But supposing that I should die, would she then have this property – would it belong to her?"

"Undoubtedly, if she chooses to accept it."

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