Category: Novels
I. THE PLUM TREE 1 II. THE MANOR HOUSE 7 III. YOUNG MRS. LORING 19 IV. A CHILLY RECEPTION 29 V. AT WITTISHAM 39 VI. MARK LAVENDAR 54 VII. A CROSS-EXAMINATION 69 VIII. SUNDAY AT STOKE REVEL 87 IX. POINTS OF VIEW 99 X. A NEW KINSMAN 113 XI. THE SANDS AT WESTON 127 XII. LOVE IN T...
"Oh, Miss Robinette--ma'am, I should say--'t is wonderful how I gets on; and then there's the plum tree--just see the flourish on it, Missie dear! 'T will have a crop o' plums c...
6. Chapter 6How bright it was out there in the sunshine, to be sure! And why should it be Carnaby, not he, who was by this time walking along the sea front of Weston, and watching the breez...
12. Chapter 12"At any rate," commented Lavendar, "it isn't necessary to search as far as Peter Bell for an analogy for your character, my young friend! You are your grandmother's grandson aft...
9. Chapter 9"Stoke Revel is as it was and ever will be, world without end; only Aunt de Tracy is crosser than when you are here and life is not as gay, although Carnaby does his dear, cubbi...
7. Chapter 7They were almost at a standstill now and neither of them was noticing it at all. As Mrs. Loring moved her seat the boat lurched somewhat to one side. Mark, to steady her, placed...
8. Chapter 8"You _don't_, then," said Lavendar to himself. Down, down, down at the bottom of the well of the heart where truth lies, there is always some remembrance, generally a very littl...
11. Chapter 11Mooring his boat at the landing, Mark sauntered up to Mrs. Prettyman's cottage, and having tapped lightly at the door to let Mrs. Loring know of his arrival, as they had agreed...
2. Chapter 2But in the immediate present, the fly with the immense American wardrobe trunk beside the driver, turned into the avenue of Stoke Revel, and Mrs. David Loring bestowed upon hers...
5. Chapter 5"As many of them as are in business, or have won their way to any position among men no doubt are there, I suppose," answered Robinette straightforwardly. "I think we just guess...
10. Chapter 10"You are forgetting yourself a good deal in your way of speaking to me on this subject," she said coldly. "When I behaved unbecomingly in my youth, my mother always recommended...
4. Chapter 4Robinette clapped her hands. "Of course I do; it accounts for this game; it just makes all the difference.--Why have you come to Stoke Revel; couldn't you help it?"
1. Chapter 1I. THE PLUM TREE 1 II. THE MANOR HOUSE 7 III. YOUNG MRS. LORING 19 IV. A CHILLY RECEPTION 29 V. AT WITTISHAM 39 VI. MARK LAVENDAR 54 VII. A CROSS-EXAMINATION 69 VIII. SUNDAY AT...
13. Chapter 13"I should be better out of the way," her bitterness said within her, and alas! it was true. Her great, gaunt room seemed very lonely, very full of shadows when she returned to i...