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Title: The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax

Author: Harriet Parr
(AKA Holme Lee)

Release Date: November 17, 2005 [EBook #17086]

Language: English

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THE VICISSITUDES OF BESSIE FAIRFAX.

A NOVEL.

BY

HOLME LEE

(MISS HARRIET PARR),

AUTHOR OF "SYLVAN HOLT'S DAUGHTER," "KATHIE BRAND," ETC.

"Not what we could wish, but what we must even put up with."

PHILADELPHIA:

PORTER & COATES.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE 5
II. THE LAWYER'S LETTER 10
III. THE COMMUNITY OF BEECHHURST 15
IV. A RIDE WITH THE DOCTOR 29
V. GREAT-ASH FORD 37
VI. AGAINST HER INCLINATION 46
VII. HER FATE IS SEALED 59
VIII. BESSIE'S FRIENDS AT BROOK 65
IX. FAREWELL TO THE FOREST 77
X. BESSIE GOES INTO EXILE 80
XI. SCHOOL-DAYS AT CAEN 89
XII. IN COURSE OF TIME 98
XIII. BESSIE LEARNS A FAMILY SECRET 112
XIV. ON BOARD THE "FOAM" 117
XV. A LITTLE CHAPTER BY THE WAY 124
XVI. A LOST OPPORTUNITY 127
XVII. BESSIE'S BRINGING HOME 135
XVIII. THE NEXT MORNING 145
XIX. NEIGHBORS TO ABBOTSMEAD 152
XX. PAST AND PRESENT 160
XXI. A DISCOVERY 170
XXII. PRELIMINARIES 177
XXIII. BESSIE SHOWS CHARACTER 188
XXIV. A QUIET POLICY 194
XXV. A DINNER AT BRENTWOOD 198
XXVI. A MORNING AT BRENTWOOD 20