The Two Sides of the Shield

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Yonge Charlotte Mary. The Two Sides of the Shield

CHAPTER I. – WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME?

CHAPTER II. – THE MERRIFIELDS

CHAPTER III. – GOOD-BYE

CHAPTER IV. – TURNED IN AMONG THEM

CHAPTER V. – THE FIRST WALK

CHAPTER VI. – PERSECUTION

CHAPTER VII. – G.F.S

CHAPTER VIII. – MY PERSECUTED UNCLE

CHAPTER IX. – LETTERS

CHAPTER X. – THE EVENING STAR

CHAPTER XI. – SECRET EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XII. – A HUNT

CHAPTER XIII. – AN EGYPTIAN SPHYNX

CHAPTER XIV. – A CYPHER AND A TY

CHAPTER XV. – THE BUTTERFLY’S BALL

CHAPTER XVI. – THE INCONSTANCY OF CONSTANCE

CHAPTER XVII. – THE STONE MELTING

CHAPTER XVIII. – MYSIE AND DOLORES

CHAPTER XIX. – A SADDER AND A WISER AUTHORESS

CHAPTER XX. – CONFESSIONS OF A COUNTRY MOUSE

CHAPTER XXI. – IN COURT AND OUT

CHAPTER XXII. – NAY

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The cool twilight of a long sunny summer’s day was freshening the pleasant garden of a country house, and three people were walking slowly along a garden path enjoying the contrast with the heat, glare, and noise of the day. The central one was a tall, slender lady, with a light shawl hung round her shoulders. On one side was a youth who had begun to overtop her, on the other a girl of shorter and sturdier mould, who only reached up to her shoulder.

‘So she is coming!’ the girl said.

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‘I thought you had been called Dolly, my dear.’

‘Yes, at home,’ with a strong emphasis.

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