BY HILARY TRENT. Copyright, 1903, by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing CONTENTS PREFACE. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter CHAPTER I. A PHILOSOPHER AND A MARCHIONESS. CHAPTER II. TWO PAGANS DISCUSS FISH, PARIS AND THE HIGHER CRITICISM. CHAPTER III. A COUSIN IN THE COILS OF THE GREAT SERPENT. CHAPTER IV. THE DIVERSIONS OF THE CLAGHORNS. CHAPTER V. HOW A PAGAN PHILOSOPHER ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH. CHAPTER VI. ART, DIPLOMACY, LOVE AND OTHER THINGS. CHAPTER VII. A CONFERENCE OF SPINSTERS CONCERNING A RUNAWAY DAMSEL. CHAPTER VIII. A MAIDEN FAIR, A MODERN EARLY FATHER AND A THEOLOGIAN. CHAPTER IX. THE ADVANTAGES OF TREADING THE BORDERLAND OF VICE. CHAPTER X. A YOUTH OF PROMISE, A FEMALE POLITICIAN AND A YELLOW MAN. CHAPTER XI. THE DEVIL WALKS TO AND FRO IN HAMPTON. CHAPTER XII. HER EYES GREW LIMPID AND HER CHEEKS FLUSHED RED. CHAPTER XIII. WHEREAT CYNICS AND MATRONS MAY SMILE INCREDULOUS. CHAPTER XIV. IN THE WHITE HOUSE, A DAMSEL OR THE DEVIL WHICH? CHAPTER XV. SUR LE PONT D'AVIGNON ON Y DANSE, ON Y DANSE. CHAPTER XVI. WARBLINGS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND SNARES FOR A SOUL. CHAPTER XVII. THE SECRET OF HER HEART WAS NEVER TO BE TOLD BY HER TO HIM. CHAPTER XVIII. A LOVER WRITES A LETTER. CHAPTER XIX. A KISS THAT MIGHT HAVE LINGERED ON HIS LIPS WHILE SEEKING ENTRANCE AT THE GATE OF HEAVEN. CHAPTER XX. A DISHONEST VEILING OF A WOMAN'S HEART. CHAPTER XXI. A MAN ABOUT TO MEET A MAID. CHAPTER XXII. MAN WALKETH IN A VAIN SHADOW. CHAPTER XXIII. A PARSON TREADS THE PRIMROSE PATH IN PARIS. CHAPTER XXIV. TO HIM I WILL BE HENCEFORTH TRUE IN ALL THINGS. CHAPTER XXV. MRS. JOE ON CLERICAL BUMPTIOUSNESS AND MRS. FENTON'S SHOULDERS. CHAPTER XXVI. INTRODUCES DR. STANLEY, SATAN AND THE PRAYER MEETING OF MATRONS. CHAPTER XXVII. THE MUSIC OF THE CHORUS OF THE ANGUISH OF THE DAMNED. CHAPTER XXVIII. CURSING AND BEATING HER BREAST, SHE FELL UPON THE GRAVE. CHAPTER XXIX. DR. STANLEY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE DIVERSIONS OF THE SAINTS. CHAPTER XXX. STARTLING EFFECT OF "DR. BURLEY'S TRUE MEANING." CHAPTER XXXI. HE CLASPED HER LITHE BODY WITH A CLUTCH OF FURY. CHAPTER XXXII. A PAEAN OF VICTORY HYMNED IN HELL. CHAPTER XXXIII. A DELECTABLE DISCUSSION, IN WHICH A SHAKSPERIAN MATRON IS ROUTED. CHAPTER XXXIV. WHEN MANHOOD IS LOST WOMAN'S TIME IS COME. CHAPTER XXXV. A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE. CHAPTER XXXVI. SHE CRIED ALOUD SHE WAS A GUILTY CREATURE. CHAPTER XXXVII. A GOLDEN BRIDGE ACROSS AN ABYSS OF SHAME. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE RUINS OF HER AIR-CASTLE LAY AROUND HER. CHAPTER XXXIX. VOIDABLE VOWS OF TURKS (AND OTHERS). CHAPTER XL. HER FACE WAS THE MIRROR OF HER PLEASANT DREAMS. CHAPTER XLI. HER GUILTY CONSCIENCE CRIED: "BEHOLD YOUR HANDIWORK." CHAPTER XLII. "I WILL NEVER LEAVE HIM, SO HELP ME GOD IN HEAVEN." CHAPTER XLIII. MONEY, HEAPS OF MONEY. CHAPTER XLIV. WEDDING BELLS.
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