Mrs. Geoffrey

Mrs. Geoffrey

CHAPTER I. HOW GEOFFREY DECLARES HIS INTENTION OF SPENDING THE AUTUMN IN IRELAND. CHAPTER II. HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE. CHAPTER III. HOW GEOFFREY'S HEART IS CLAIMED BY CUPID AS A TARGET, AND HOW MONA STOOPS TO CONQUER. CHAPTER IV. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA ENTER A CABIN AND SEE ONE OF THE RESULTS OF PARNELL'S ELOQUENCE. CHAPTER V. HOW MONA BETRAYS WHAT MAKES GEOFFREY JEALOUS, AND HOW AN APPOINTMENT IS MADE THAT IS ALL MOON-SHINE. CHAPTER VI. HOW THE MYSTIC MOONBEAMS THROW THEIR RAYS ON MONA; AND HOW GEOFFREY, JEALOUS OF THEIR ADMIRATION, DESIRES TO CLAIM HER AS HIS OWN. CHAPTER VII. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA FALL INTO STRANGE COMPANY AND HOW THEY PROFIT BY IT; AND HOW MONA, OUTSTRIPPING WICKED VENGEANCE, SAVES A LIFE. CHAPTER VIII. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA PLAN A TRANSFORMATION SCENE. CHAPTER IX. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA DILIGENTLY WORK UP THE TRANSFORMATION SCENE; AND HOW SUCCESS CROWNS THEIR EFFORTS. CHAPTER X. HOW MONA, GROWING INQUISITIVE, ASKS QUESTIONS; AND HOW GEOFFREY, BEING BROUGHT TO BAY, MAKES CONFESSIONS THAT BODE BUT EVIL TO HIS FUTURE PEACE, AND BREED IMMEDIATE WAR. CHAPTER XI. HOW GEOFFREY RETURNS TO HIS ALLEGIANCEHOW HE DISCOVERS HIS DIVINITY DEEP IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SOME MYSTIC RITES WITHIN THE COOL PRECINCTS OF HER TEMPLEAND HOW HE SEEKS TO REDUCE HER TO REASON FROM THE TOP OF AN INVERTED CHURN. CHAPTER XII. HOW GEOFFREY TELLS HOME SECRETS, AND HOW MONA COMMENTS THEREONHOW DEATH STALKS RAMPANT IN THEIR PATHAND HOW, THOUGH GEOFFREY DECLINES TO "RUN AWAY," HE STILL "LIVES TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY." CHAPTER XIII. HOW MONA PROVES HERSELF EQUALIF NOT SUPERIORTO DR. MARY WALKER; AND HOW GEOFFREY, BY A BASE THREAT, CARRIES HIS POINT. CHAPTER XIV. HOW GEOFFREY WRITES A LETTER THAT POSSESSES ALL THE PROPERTIES OF DYNAMITEAND HOW CONFUSION REIGNS AT THE TOWERS. CHAPTER XV. HOW LADY RODNEY SPEAKS HER MINDHOW GEOFFREY DOES THE SAMEAND HOW MONA DECLARES HERSELF STRONG TO CONQUER. CHAPTER XVI. HOW GEOFFREY AND MONA ENTER THE TOWERSAND HOW THEY ARE RECEIVED BY THE INHABITANTS THEREOF. CHAPTER XVII. HOW MONA RISES BETIMESAND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS. CHAPTER XVIII. HOW OLD SIR GEORGE HATED HIS FIRSTBORNAND HOW HE MADE HIS WILLAND HOW THE EARTH SWALLOWED IT. CHAPTER XIX. HOW FATE DEALS HARSHLY WITH MONA, AND HOW SHE DROOPSAS MIGHT A FLOWERBENEATH ITS UNKINDLY TOUCH. CHAPTER XX. HOW MONA DANCES A COUNTRY DANCE BEFORE A HYPERCRITICAL AUDIENCEAND HOW MORE EYES THAN SHE WOTS OF MARK HER PERFORMANCE. CHAPTER XXI. HOW NOLLY HAVING MADE HIMSELF PRESENTABLE, TRIES ALSO TO MAKE HIMSELF AGREEABLEAND HOW HE SUCCEEDS. CHAPTER XXII. HOW MONA GOES TO HER FIRST BALLAND HOW SHE FARES THEREAT. CHAPTER XXIII. HOW MONA INTERVIEWS THE DUCHESSAND HOW SHE SUSTAINS CONVERSATION WITH THE RODNEYS' EVIL GENIUS. CHAPTER XXIV. HOW THE CLOUD GATHERSAND HOW NICHOLAS AND DOROTHY HAVE THEIR BAD QUARTER OF AN HOUR. CHAPTER XXV. HOW DISCUSSION WAXES RIFEAND HOW NICHOLAS, HAVING MADE A SUGGESTION THAT IS BITTER TO THE EARS OF HIS AUDIENCE, YET CARRIES HIS POINT AGAINST ALL OPPOSITION. CHAPTER XXVI. HOW MONA GOES TO ANADALEAND HOW SHE THERE SEES MANY THINGS AS YET TO HER UNKNOWN. CHAPTER XXVII. HOW MONA TAKES A WALK ABROADAND HOW SHE ASKS CROSS-QUESTIONS AND RECEIVES CROOKED ANSWERS. CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW THE TOWERS WAKES INTO LIFEAND HOW MONA SHOWS THE LIBRARY TO PAUL RODNEY. CHAPTER XXIX. HOW GEOFFREY DINES OUT, AND HOW MONA FARES DURING HIS ABSENCE. CHAPTER XXX. HOW MONA, GHOST-LIKE, FLITS THROUGH THE OLD TOWERS AT MIDNIGHTHOW THE MOON LIGHTS HER WAYAND HOW SHE MEETS ANOTHER GHOST MORE FORMIDABLE THAN HERSELF. CHAPTER XXXI. HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUNDHOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONERAND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION. CHAPTER XXXII. HOW MONA KEEPS HER OWN COUNSELAND HOW AT MIDDAY SHE RECEIVES A NOTE. CHAPTER XXXIII. HOW CONVERSATION GROWS RIFE AT THE TOWERSAND HOW MONA ASSERTS HERSELFAND HOW LADY RODNEY LICKS THE DUST. CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW THE RODNEYS MAKE MERRY OVER THE SECRET PANELHOW GEOFFREY QUESTIONS MONAAND HOW, WHEN JOY IS AT ITS HIGHEST EVIL TIDINGS SWEEP DOWN UPON THEM. CHAPTER XXXV. HOW MONA COMFORTS PAUL RODNEYHOW NIGHT AND DEATH DESCEND TOGETHERAND HOW PAUL RODNEY DISPOSES OF HIS PROPERTY. CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW MONA DEFENDS THE DEADAND HOW LADY LILIAS EATON WAXES ELOQUENT. CHAPTER XXXVII. HOW MONA REFUSES A GALLANT OFFERAND HOW NOLLY VIEWS LIFE THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF A PORTUGAL LAUREL. CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW NOLLY DECLINES TO REPEAT HIS STORYHOW JACK RODNEY TELLS ONE INSTEADAND HOW THEY ALL SHOW THEIR SURPRISE ABOUT WHAT THEY KNEW BEFORE. CHAPTER XXXIX. HOW WEDDING-BELLS CAN BE HEARD IN THE DISTANCEHOW LOVE ENCOMPASSES MONAAND HOW AT LAST FAREWELL IS SPOKEN. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 35384
Author: Duchess, 1855?-1897
Release Date: Feb 25, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English