CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM ELECT.
CHAPTER II. WIFE AND HEIR.
CHAPTER III. HOW LADY CATHERON CAME HOME.
CHAPTER IV. "I'LL NOT BELIEVE BUT DESDEMONA'S HONEST."
CHAPTER V. IN THE TWILIGHT.
CHAPTER VI. IN THE MOONLIGHT.
CHAPTER VII. IN THE NURSERY.
CHAPTER VIII. IN THE DARKNESS.
CHAPTER IX. FROM THE "CHESHOLM COURIER."
CHAPTER X. FROM THE "CHESHOLM COURIER" CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XI. "RING OUT YOUR BELLS! LET MOURNING SHOWS BE SPREAD!"
CHAPTER XII. THE FIRST ENDING OF THE TRAGEDY.
PART II.
CHAPTER I. MISS DARRELL.
CHAPTER II. A NIGHT IN THE SNOW.
CHAPTER III. TRIXY'S PARTY.
CHAPTER IV. "UNDER THE GASLIGHT."
CHAPTER V. OLD COPIES OF THE "COURIER."
CHAPTER VI. ONE MOONLIGHT NIGHT.
CHAPTER VII. SHORT AND SENTIMENTAL.
CHAPTER VIII. IN TWO BOATS.
CHAPTER IX. ALAS FOR TRIX!
CHAPTER X. HOW TRIX TOOK IT.
CHAPTER XI. HOW LADY HELENA TOOK IT.
CHAPTER XII. ON ST. PARTRIDGE DAY.
CHAPTER XIII. HOW CHARLEY TOOK IT.
CHAPTER XIV. TO-MORROW.
CHAPTER XV. LADY HELENA'S BALL.
CHAPTER XVI. "O MY COUSIN SHALLOW-HEARTED!"
CHAPTER XVII. "FOREVER AND EVER."
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SUMMONS.
CHAPTER XIX. AT POPLAR LODGE.
CHAPTER XX. HOW THE WEDDING-DAY BEGAN.
CHAPTER XXI. HOW THE WEDDING-DAY ENDED.
CHAPTER XXII. THE DAY AFTER.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SECOND ENDING OF THE TRAGEDY.
PART III
CHAPTER I. AT MADAME MIREBEAU'S, OXFORD STREET.
CHAPTER II. EDITH.
CHAPTER III. HOW THEY MET.
CHAPTER IV. HOW THEY PARTED
CHAPTER V. THE TELLING OF THE SECRET.
CHAPTER VI. THE LAST ENDING OF THE TRAGEDY.
CHAPTER VII. TWO YEARS AFTER.
CHAPTER VIII. FORGIVEN OR FORGOTTEN?
CHAPTER IX. SAYING GOOD-BY.
CHAPTER X. THE SECOND BRIDAL.
CHAPTER XI. THE NIGHT.
CHAPTER XII. THE MORNING.
Title: A Terrible Secret
Author: May Agnes Fleming
Language: English
Produced by Wendy Crockett, David Moynihan, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
A TERRIBLE SECRET.
A Novel.
BY
MAY AGNES FLEMING,
To
CHRISTIAN REID,
AUTHOR OF
"VALERIE AYLMER," ETC.,
AS A
TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND ESTEEM,
THIS
STORY IS DEDICATED.
MAY AGNES FLEMING.
BROOKLYN,
September, 1874.