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Title: Thyrza

Author: George Gissing

Posting Date: July 12, 2009 [EBook #4302]
Release Date: July, 2003
First Posted: January 3, 2002

Language: English

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THYRZA

by

GEORGE GISSING

CONTENTS

I AMONG THE HILLS
II THE IDEALIST
III A CORNER OF LAMBETH
IV THYRZA SINGS
V A LAND OF TWILIGHT
VI DISINHERITED
VII THE WORK IN PROGRESS
VIII A CLASP OF HANDS
IX A GOLDEN PROSPECT
X TEMPTING FORTUNE
XI A MAN WITH A FUTURE
XII LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
XIII THYRZA SINGS AGAIN
XIV MISTS
XV A SECOND VISIT TO WALNUT TREE WALK
XVI SEA MUSIC
XVII ADRIFT
XVIII DRAWING NEARER
XIX A SONG WITHOUT WORDS
XX RAPIDS
XXI MISCHIEF AFOOT
XXII GOOD-BYE
XXIII CONFESSION
XXIV THE END OF THE DREAM
XXV A BIRD OF THE AIR
XXVI IDEALIST AND HIS FRIEND
XXVII FOUND
XXVIII HOPE SURPRISED
XXIX TOGETHER AGAIN
XXX MOVEMENTS
XXXI AN OLD MAN'S REST
XXXII TOTTY'S LUCK
XXXIII THE HEART AND ITS SECRET
XXXIV A LOAN ON SECURITY
XXXV THREE LETTERS
XXXVI THYRZA WAITS
XXXVII A FRIENDLY OFFICE
XXXVIII THE TRUTH
XXXIX HER RETURN
XL HER REWARD
XLI THE LIVING

CHAPTER I

AMONG THE HILLS

There were three at the breakfast-table--Mr. Newthorpe, his daughter
Annabel, and their visitor (Annabel's Cousin), Miss Paula Tyrrell. It
was a small, low, soberly-furnished room, the walls covered with
carelessly-hung etchings and water-colours, and with photographs which
were doubtless mementoes of travel; dwarf bookcases held overflowings
from the library; volumes in disorder, clearly more for use than
ornament. The casements were open to let in the air of a July morning.
Between the thickets of the garden the eye caught glimpses of
sun-smitten lake and sheer hillside; for the house stood on the shore
of Ullswater.

Of the three breakfasting