Category: Novels
The above, engraved in bold characters on a highly-polished brass plate, may be read on the gate of an imposing mansion situated in the far-spreading suburbs of Riverside, one of the principal mercantile towns in England. “Harperton” is a solid and secluded residence, standing...
The above, engraved in bold characters on a highly-polished brass plate, may be read on the gate of an imposing mansion situated in the far-spreading suburbs of Riverside, one o...
2. CHAPTER II.Three months had passed, and still no sign or token from Mr. Robert West. How anxiously his daughter’s eyes followed Miss Selina’s skinny fingers, as they dealt out the letters...
3. CHAPTER III.The great day of breaking-up dawned at last. What preparations were made! A cartload of hired chairs for the company was the first arrival; then a consignment of glass and crock...
4. CHAPTER IV.The holidays commenced. The young ladies went north, south, east, and west to their several homes, and Madeline had the whole big schoolroom, and the much-disputed fire, absolut...
5. CHAPTER V.The next morning, leaving Madeline at the station to follow by a later train, Mr. Wynne called at Harperton, in order to have a little explanation. The maid’s face (she was an o...
6. CHAPTER VI.In a very short time Madeline West was Madeline Wynne. She was married at a little old church in the City, with no other witnesses than the verger and the clerk; and Mr. and Mrs...
7. CHAPTER VII.The very morning after Madeline had despatched her letter, a telegram was handed in for Miss West, 2, Solferino Place. The landlady herself mounted, breathless, to the attics, w...
8. CHAPTER VIII.“He has not awoke since, has he?” asked the anxious mother, as, fully an hour later, she reappeared with a bundle and a basket. “No”--with a sigh of relief--“I see he is sound,”...
9. CHAPTER IX.“You see, my love,” proceeded Mrs. Harper, in a smooth, insinuating tone, “it is not _every one_ who would take you back under the circumstances;” and she paused, and peered at...
10. CHAPTER X.Mrs. Harper would not hear of Madeline returning to London by night. No, it was a most shocking idea, and not to be entertained. She must remain until the next day at least, “an...
11. CHAPTER XI.He listened to Madeline’s plainly told tale, with his glass rigidly screwed into his eye, his mouth pinched up as if he had an unusually intricate “case” under his consideration.
12. CHAPTER XII.Madeline, having arrived in London, drove direct to No. 2, and spent one more night under Mrs. Kane’s roof, where she was received with open arms, and proudly shown a letter mar...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Standing close to Mr. West--or, rather, Mr. West had attached himself to him--was his favourite fellow-traveller, a young and somewhat impecunious nobleman--Lord Anthony Foster-...