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Title: East of the Shadows
Author: Mrs. Hubert Barclay
Release Date: October 6, 2009 [EBook #30193]
Language: English
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EAST OF THE SHADOWS
BY
MRS. HUBERT (Edith Noel) BARCLAY
AUTHOR OF
"TREVOR LORDSHIP," "THE GIANT FISHER," "A DREAM OF BLUE ROSES," ETC.
"Dawn harbours surely
East of the shadows."
W.E.H.
TORONTO
HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED
1913
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
"PHILIPPA"
CHAPTER II
"PHIL!"
CHAPTER III
THE STRANGER
CHAPTER IV
FRANCIS
CHAPTER V
ISABELLA
CHAPTER VI
DOCTOR GALE
CHAPTER VII
INDECISION
CHAPTER VIII
THE HEART OF BESSMOOR
CHAPTER IX
A SQUARE IN THE PATCHWORK
CHAPTER X
THE MAJOR'S VISIT
CHAPTER XI
VIOLETS
CHAPTER XII
PROGRESS
CHAPTER XIII
THREADS
CHAPTER XIV
ROPES OF GOSSAMER
CHAPTER XV
REVELATION
CHAPTER XVI
HOPES FOR THE FUTURE
CHAPTER XVII
ISABELLA'S POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XVIII
MARION SPEAKS HER MIND
CHAPTER XIX
HALCYON DAYS
CHAPTER XX
BITTER-SWEET
CHAPTER XXI
POOR RIP
CHAPTER XXII
FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER XXIII
CONTENT
CHAPTER I
"PHILIPPA"
"Her air, her manners, all who saw admired,
Courteous though coy, and gentle, though retired:
The joy of youth and health her eyes displayed,
And ease of heart her every look conveyed."--CRABBE.
The porter slammed the door with all the unnecessary vehemence usual to
his class and touched his hat, a shrill whistle sounded, the great
engine gave several vehement not to say petulant snorts, and the long
train glided slowly out of the terminus. Gaining speed with every
second, it whirled along through the maze of buildings which form the
ramparts of London--on past rows of dingy backyards where stunted
bushes show no brighter colour than that of the fam
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