# Miracle Gold: A Novel (Vol. 2 of 3)

Author: Dowling, Richard, 1846-1898

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42496

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Miracle+Gold%3A+A+Novel+%28Vol.+2+of+3%29+Dowling&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The folding-doors between the back and front drawing-rooms at Mrs. Ashton's were thrown open, and both rooms were full that Thursday afternoon. Some of the visitors were standing, some sitting, and many ladies and gentlemen were moving about. A few had cups of tea, and all seemed to wish to appear pleased and pleasant. If serious matters were mentioned or discussed, it was in a light and desultory way It was impossible to plan ground for the foundation of enduring structures in politics, or taste, or art, or science, or polemics, when a humourist might come up and regard what you were saying as the suggestion for a burlesque opera or harlequinade. All the talk was touch-and-go, and as bri...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/miracle-gold-a-novel-vol-2-of-3-42496/chapters/9/index.md)