THE OLD COUNTESS; OR, THE TWO PROPOSALS.
BYMRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.
AUTHOR OF "LORD HOPE'S CHOICE," "THE REIGNING BELLE," "MARRIED IN HASTE," "MABEL'S MISTAKE," "DOUBLY FALSE," "WIVES AND WIDOWS," "MARY DERWENT," "THE REJECTED WIFE," "THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS," "THE OLD HOMESTEAD," "FASHION AND FAMINE," "THE HEIRESS," "RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY," "THE CURSE OF GOLD," "SILENT STRUGGLES," "THE WIFE'S SECRET," "PALACES AND PRISONS," "THE GOLD BRICK," "A NOBLE WOMAN."A SEQUEL TO "LORD HOPE'S CHOICE."
PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS' WORKS.
Each Work is complete in one volume, 12mo.
- THE OLD COUNTESS; OR, THE TWO PROPOSALS.
- LORD HOPE'S CHOICE.
- THE REIGNING BELLE.
- A NOBLE WOMAN.
- MARRIED IN HASTE.
- WIVES AND WIDOWS; OR, THE BROKEN LIFE.
- THE REJECTED WIFE.
- THE GOLD BRICK.
- THE CURSE OF GOLD.
- THE HEIRESS.
- FASHION AND FAMINE.
- PALACES AND PRISONS.
- THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
- SILENT STRUGGLES.
- MARY DERWENT.
- THE WIFE'S SECRET.
- THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS.
- RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY.
- MABEL'S MISTAKE.
- DOUBLY FALSE.
Price of each, $1.75 in Cloth; or $1.50 in Paper Cover.
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CONTENTS.
- I.—LOVE LIGHTS IN TWO HEARTS. 23
- II.—CLARA APPEALS TO HER STEPMOTHER. 30
- III.—LOVERS' QUARREL. 40
- IV.—THE ITALIAN TEACHER. 48
- V.—THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN OPPOSITION. 57
- VI.—SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES GET INTO A CONJUGAL DIFFICULTY. 68
- VII.—THE OPERATIC SUPPER. 77
- VIII.—BEHIND THE SCENES. 86
- IX.—THE FIRST PERFORMANCE. 91
- X.—THE TWO FOSTER-CHILDREN MEET. 96
- XI.—LADY CLARA QUARRELS WITH HER STEPMOTHER. 101
- XII.—THE OLD PRISONER. 107
- XIII.—THE OLD COUNTESS. 116
- XIV.—THE OLD COUNTESS AND HER SERVANT. 122
- XV.—THE EARL'S RETURN. 133
- XVI.—THE WIFE AND THE DAUGHTER. 143
- XVII.—HUSBAND AND WIFE. 152
- XVIII.—THE STORMY NIGHT AND SUNSHINY MORNING. 159
- XIX.—AFTER THE FAILURE. 167
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- XX.—LORD HILTON TAKES SUPPER WITH OLYMPIA. 176
- XXI.—ON THE WAY TO HOUGHTON CASTLE. 184
- XXII.—THE OLD COUNTESS. 191
- XXIII.—EXPLANATIONS AND CONCESSIONS. 197
- XXIV.—DOWN BY THE BROOK AMONG THE FERNS. 203
- XXV.—HOW LADY CLARA GOT HER OWN WAY. 208
- XXVI.—THE QUARREL AND THE LETTER. 214
- XXVII.—MAGGIE CASEY MEETS HER OLD LOVER. 220
- XXVIII.—JUST FIFTY POUNDS. 224
- XXIX.—OLYMPIA'S DEFEAT. 232
- XXX.—THE FAMILY MEETING AT HOUGHTON. 240
- XXXI.—DOWN AMONG THE FERNS AGAIN. 247
- XXXII.—OUT AMONG THE TREES. 253
- XXXIII.—THE BALL AT HOUGHTON. 263
- XXXIV.—THE OLD WOMAN WANDERS BACK AGAIN. 269
- XXXV.—LADY HOPE IN THE CASTLE. 274
- XXXVI.—DEATH IN THE TOWER-CHAMBER. 280
- XXXVII.—THE NEMESIS. 289