# The stone dragon and other tragic romances

Author: Gilchrist, Murray, 1868-1917

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76153

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+stone+dragon+and+other+tragic+romances+Gilchrist&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

My father’s account of his last visit to Furnivaux Castle, which I found in his journal some years after his death, enlightened me concerning the cause of his disagreement with my great-aunt Barbara. In response to an imperious summons he had travelled hurriedly from the south of France to the remote corner of Westmoreland where her estate lay; no sooner had he reached the portico than the old woman confronted him, and began to discuss a new plan for restoring his shrunken fortunes, by a marriage compact between myself and one of her great nieces, either Rachel or Mary, both of whom were children in the house. I was fifteen years old then, Rachel thirteen, and Mary ten. The ceremony was t...

## Chapters

- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/5/index.md)
- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/6/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/7/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-stone-dragon-and-other-tragic-romances-76153/chapters/8/index.md)