# The reigning belle Author: Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 Genre: Category: Romance Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70023 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+reigning+belle+Stephens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Around her were such glowing colors, in masses, or floating airily through the room, that a face less richly tinted would have seemed pale by contrast. Behind her was a pile of India shawls, in which the rays of a gorgeous sunset seemed to have mellowed down in one soft, glowing heap. By her side was a morning-dress of Oriental cashmere, with vivid palm leaves running far up the skirt, which trailed down from the wire skeleton that supported it, and swept the floor like the plumage of a peacock. ## Chapters - [CHAPTER LXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/70/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER LX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/59/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/56/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/49/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/57/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/64/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/60/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/69/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/67/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER LV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/54/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/61/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/58/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/52/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/68/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/65/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/55/index.md) - [CHAPTER LI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/50/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/48/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/45/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/53/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/66/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/62/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/63/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER LII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-reigning-belle-70023/chapters/51/index.md)