Category: Romance

The Weird Sisters: A Romance. Volume 2 (of 3)

After giving way to the feelings which had overwhelmed him in the passage, and which had almost betrayed him at the bedside, Grey, by a great effort, collected himself and walked soberly and deliberately until he found the grand staircase of the Castle. This he descended, and...

Chapters

12. CHAPTER III.

"I knew your name was Maud; and I knew your poor father did not like me. I am sure you will believe me when I tell you I never saw him in all my life, never saw you until to-day...

11. CHAPTER II.

"Now, Maud darling, do try to bear up. Drink this wine to give you strength. Come, they are all waiting for us in the library. Drink this for my sake. Well, half; drink half of...

3. CHAPTER XII.

After giving way to the feelings which had overwhelmed him in the passage, and which had almost betrayed him at the bedside, Grey, by a great effort, collected himself and walke...

6. CHAPTER XV.

Had they seen her either before or after the boat went down? Did they see her go aboard? She was to have been on board, and he was to have gone too, but he had been called away....

10. CHAPTER I.

"Maud, darling," said Mrs. Grant, "a gentleman dressed in black, who will not give his name, and says he wants to see you most particularly, has arrived. What message do you wis...

14. CHAPTER V.

The morning after the funeral Mrs. Grant and Maud walked up and down one of the long, silent corridors for an hour. The evening before, when the widow and the young girl sat tog...

8. CHAPTER XVII.

"There need be no inquest," he thought. "There need be no inquest _now_. To-morrow morning every one in Daneford will believe that she is dead, and every one will be--right. Her...

15. CHAPTER VI.

When Mrs. Grant went out of the drawing-room she sought and found Mr. Grey in the waiting-room off the grand entrance-hall. She closed the door, and going up to the banker in ha...

5. CHAPTER XIV.

Still calling out for help, Grey reached the Castle. When he got in front of the chief gateway he paused a moment, and pressed his hand over his forehead, trying to collect his...

4. CHAPTER XIII.

The passenger steamboat _Rodwell_ left Daneford on that evening of the 17th of August, 1866, at the usual time, with an average number of passengers for the season and her ordin...

13. CHAPTER IV.

When the two men found themselves in the library it was quite dusk outside, and a deep gloom filled the room. There was no one else in the place, and no candle or lamp illumed t...

7. CHAPTER XVI.

He put the candle on the dressing-table, and sat down in front of the glass. He placed one elbow on the table, bent his head low, and catching his hair, softly rested his head o...

9. CHAPTER XVIII.

The top of the tower was flat. It was reached through a hooded doorway resembling a ship's companion. A parapet about two and a half feet high ran round the tower on all sides,...

1. Part I.--A Plain Gold Guard--_continued_.

2. Part II.--The Towers of Silence.