Category: Historical Novels
IN the year 1798 the palace of Holyrood was inhabited by a swarm of French people,--his Royal Highness the Comte d’Artois, who in his youth had danced so deliciously on the tightrope as to be the admiration of the Little Trianon, and in his old age was Charles X. of France; hi...
IN the year 1798 the palace of Holyrood was inhabited by a swarm of French people,--his Royal Highness the Comte d’Artois, who in his youth had danced so deliciously on the tigh...
2. Part 2Bastien, conscious that he had said enough and more than enough, dropped the subject. De Bourmont turned again to Lady Betty, but found her rather cold and unresponsive, and, in...
3. Part 3Then all the ladies and gentlemen advanced in the order of their rank and paid their respects. Most of them were known to the little circle at Holyrood; but presently there was...
4. Part 4But of course she did not. She thought of it all that day. The thought walked by her side, and whispered in her ear, and lay down with her, and rose with her. Nevertheless, she...
5. Part 5SOME Sisters of Mercy have one vocation--some another. Sister Claire’s was for helping the private soldiers, nursing them when they were ill, binding up their hurts when they we...
6. Part 6“It is true, sister,” said the superior, who was also smiling, but whose eyes were moist. “You are to be decorated. We knew some time ago that you had been recommended, and your...