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A Lady of Quality

  
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CHAPTER I THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR 1685
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CHAPTER II IN WHICH SIR JEOFFRY ENCOUNTERS HIS OFFSPRING
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CHAPTER III WHEREIN SIR JEOFFRY'S BOON COMPANIONS DRINK A TOAST
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CHAPTER IV LORD TWEMLOW'S CHAPLAIN VISITS HIS PATRON'S KINSMAN, AND MISTRESS CLORINDA SHINES ON HER BIRTHDAY NIGHT
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CHAPTER V "NOT I, SHE SAID. "THERE THOU MAYEST TRUST ME. I WOULD NOT BE FOUND OUT"
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CHAPTER VI RELATING HOW MISTRESS ANNE DISCOVERED A MINIATURE
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CHAPTER VII 'TWAS THE FACE OF SIR JOHN OXON THE MOON SHONE UPON
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CHAPTER VIII TWO MEET IN THE DESERTED ROSE-GARDEN, AND THE OLD EARL OF DUNSTANWOLDE IS MADE A HAPPY MAN
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CHAPTER IX "I GIVE TO HIM THE THING HE CRAVES WITH ALL HIS SOUL—MYSELF
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CHAPTER X I HAVE MARRED HIM
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CHAPTER XI WHEREIN A NOBLE LIFE COMES TO AN END
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CHAPTER XII WHICH TREATS OF THE OBSEQUIES OF MY LORD OF DUNSTANWOLDE, OF HIS LADY'S WIDOWHOOD, AND OF HER RETURN TO TOWN
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CHAPTER XIII WHEREIN A DEADLY WAR BEGINS
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CHAPTER XIV CONTAINING THE HISTORY OF THE BREAKING OF THE HORSE DEVIL, AND RELATES THE RETURNING OF HIS GRACE OF OSMONDE FROM FRANCE
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CHAPTER XV IN WHICH SIR JOHN OXON FINDS AGAIN A TROPHY HE HAD LOST
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CHAPTER XVI DEALING WITH THAT WHICH WAS DONE IN THE PANELED PARLOR
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CHAPTER XVII WHEREIN HIS GRACE OF OSMONDE'S COURIER ARRIVES FROM FRANCE
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CHAPTER XVIII MY LADY DUNSTANWOLDE SITS LATE ALONE AND WRITES
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CHAPTER XIX A PITEOUS STORY IS TOLD, AND THE OLD CELLARS WALLED IN
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CHAPTER XX A NOBLE MARRIAGE
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CHAPTER XXI AN HEIR IS BORN
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CHAPTER XXII MOTHER ANNE
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CHAPTER XXIII "IN ONE WHO WILL DO JUSTICE, AND DEMANDS THAT IT SHALL BE DONE TO EACH THING HE HAS MADE, BY EACH WHO BEARS HIS IMAGE"
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CHAPTER XXIV THE DOVES SAT UPON THE WINDOW-LEDGE AND LOWLY COOED AND COOED

  
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
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  • CHAPTER I The Twenty-fourth Day of November in the Year 1685 . . . . .5
  • CHAPTER II In which Sir Jeoffry Encounters his Offspring. . . . . . . . . 15
  • CHAPTER III Wherein Sir Jeoffry's Boon Companions Drink a Toast. . . . . . 28
  • CHAPTER IV Lord Twemlow's Chaplin Visits his Patron's Kinsman, and Mistress Clorinda Shines on her Birthday Night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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  • CHAPTER V "Not I," she said. "There thou mayest trust me. I would not be found out." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
  • CHAPTER VI Relating How Mistress Anne Discovered a Miniature. . . . . . . 70
  • CHAPTER VII 'Twas the Face of Sir John Oxon the Moon Shone Upon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
  • CHAPTER VIII Two Meet in the Deserted Rose-garden, and the Old Earl of Dunstanwolde is Made a Happy Man . . . . . . . . . 99
  • CHAPTER IX "I give to him the thing he craves with all his soul— myself". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
  • CHAPTER X "Yes I have marked him". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
  • CHAPTER XI Wherein a Noble Life Comes to an End . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
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  • CHAPTER XII Which Treats of the Obsequies of my Lord of Dunstanwolde, of his Lady's Widowhood, and of her Return to Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
  • CHAPTER XIII Wherein a Deadly War Begins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
  • CHAPTER XIV Containing the History of the Breaking of the Horse Devil, and Relates the Returning of his Grace of Osmonde from France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
  • CHAPTER XV In which Sir John Oxon Finds Again a Trophy he had Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
  • CHAPTER XVI Dealing with that which was Done in the Paneled Parlor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
  • CHAPTER XVII Wherein his Grace of Osmonde's Courier Arrives from France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
  • CHAPTER XVIII My Lady Dunstanwolde Sits Late Alone and Writes. . . . . . . .253
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  • CHAPTER XIX A Piteous Story is Told, and the Old Cellars Walled In . . . .260
  • CHAPTER XX A Noble Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
  • CHAPTER XXI An Heir is Born. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
  • CHAPTER XXII Mother Anne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
  • CHAPTER XXIII "In One who will do justice, and demands that it shall be done to each thing He has made, by each who bears His image" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
  • CHAPTER XXIV The Doves Sat upon the Window-ledge and lowly Cooed and Cooed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
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