A MAD MARRIAGE. A Novel.
BYMAY AGNES FLEMING
, AUTHOR OF "GUY EARLSCOURT'S WIFE," "A WONDERFUL WOMAN," "A TERRIBLE SECRET," "NORINE'S "REVENGE," ETC. "Such a mad marriage never was before." Taming of the Shrew.NEW YORK: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers., LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO.,
MDCCCLXXV.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by G. W. CARLETON & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. JOHN F. TROW & SON, PRINTERS, 205-213 EAST 12TH ST., NEW YORK. Maclauchlan, Stereotyper, 145 & 147 Mulberry St., near Grand, N. Y.
CONTENTS.
- I.—Joan Kennedy's Story—"The House that Wouldn't Let" 9
- II.—A Woman with a Secret. 18
- III.—The Decree of Divorce. 25
- IV.—A Strange Ending. 32
- V.—At Caryllynne. 42
- VI.—Gordon Caryll's Story. 50
- VII.—How Lord Viscount Dynely Died. 72
PART II.
- I.—In the Royal Academy. 78
- II.—Terry. 88
- III.—Madame Felicia. 100
- IV.—Lady Dynely's Thursday. 107
- V.—Love Took Up the Glass of Time. 117
- VI.—"The Lord of the Land" 130
- VII.—A Week's Reprieve. 142
- VIII.—"Who is She?" 151
- IX.—Telling Terry. 162
- X.—Thinking It Out. 174
- XI.—At the Picnic. 181
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- XII.—"They Shall Take Who Have the Power" 190
- XIII.—Lightly Won, Lightly Lost. 200
- XIV.—"Once More the Gate Behind Me Falls" 214
- XV.—"Stay" 224
- XVI.—"Gordon Caryll" 230
- XVII.—Through the Sunset. 237
- XVIII.—Killing the Fatted Calf. 246
- XIX.—How the Old Year Ended. 263
PART III.
- I.—How the New Year Began. 273
- II.—"La Belle Dame Sans Merci" 292
- III.—In the Streets. 307
- IV.—Donny. 317
- V.—What Love's Young Dream Sometimes Comes to. 325
- VI.—At the Varieties. 335
- VII.—"After Many Days" 346
- VIII.—A Morning Call. 357
- IX.—"The Parting that They Had" 367
- X.—"If any Calm, a Calm Despair" 375
- XI.—M. Le Prince. 385
- XII.—At the Bal d'Opera. 393
- XIII.—After the Ball. 400
- XIV.—Chez Madame. 408
- XV.—"How the Night Fell" 416
- XVI.—"Loyal au Mort" 424
- XVII.—How the Morning Broke. 438
- XVIII.—While it was Yet Day. 446
- XIX.—"Post Tenebræ, Lux" 454