Category: Romance
Many days have elapsed, my dear friend, since our childhood, but they have passed away without effecting any alteration in the affectionate feelings we then entertained. In memory of an intimacy of heart and mind which has never known a cloud, it is very pleasant to me to writ...
It was about half-past ten in the morning when Madame Chazel received a small packet from the Baron de Querne. It contained two books--two new novels--and a letter, the last bei...
9. CHAPTER VIIIREVENGE! Such was scarcely the subject of Helen's reflections while returning from the Rue Lincoln. The sudden blow which she had just received had been too heavy a one to leave...
5. CHAPTER IVThe evening which succeeded to this day of fever, agony, and bliss, was spent by Helen in torturing and delicious yearning. Is not the regretting of one's happiness the thinking...
3. CHAPTER IIIt was half-past eleven o'clock when Armand de Querne left the house in the Rue de La Rochefoucauld. The wind had swept away all the clouds, and the sky was filled with stars. "...
2. CHAPTER IThe little drawing-room was illuminated by the soft light of three lamps--tall lamps standing on Japanese vases and bearing globes upon which rested flexible shades of a pale bl...
7. CHAPTER VIWhen Alfred Chazel had said good-night to Helen as usual and was left alone, he began to suffer with an intensity of which he himself could not have believed himself capable. He...
8. CHAPTER VIIWhen Alfred Chazel had left the drawing-room in the Rue Lincoln, Armand, being left alone, felt the need of seeing clear within himself. The visit from the friend of his childho...
11. CHAPTER XA few days after this scene, Armand sent Chazel a letter dated from London in which he made his excuses for not shaking hands with his friends before his final departure. To set...
10. CHAPTER IXThe cab went slowly along the streets, and every moment Helen said to herself: "Shall I see him again?" She was now facing the irresistible thought, the mere appearance of which...
6. CHAPTER VAlfred Chazel had been quite aware that a mysterious drama was being played in his household. He had been sensible of it, dimly at first. It has not been sufficiently remarked h...
12. CHAPTER XIWhat a charming and coquettish summer-like Paris Armand passed through in going from the Rue Lincoln to the Rue de La Rochefoucauld on the day after his return! It was two o'clo...
1. CHAPTER XIMany days have elapsed, my dear friend, since our childhood, but they have passed away without effecting any alteration in the affectionate feelings we then entertained. In memo...