65 Chapters
DIRE NECESSITY THE Irish lord had a word to say to his wife, before he submitted to her the letter which he had just written. He had been summoned to a meeting of proprietors at the office of the n…
THE MAN IS FOUND. THE unworthy scheme, by means of which Lord Harry had proposed to extricate himself from his pecuniary responsibilities, had led to serious consequences. It had produced a state of…
THE METTLESOME MAID ON the evening of that day Fanny Mere, entering the dining-room with the coffee, found Lord Harry and Mr. Vimpany alone, and discovered (as soon as she opened the door) that they…
FICTION: ATTEMPTED BY MY LORD THE day on which the doctor took his newly-appointed nurse with him to the hospital became an occasion associated with distressing recollections in the memory of Iris. …
FICTION: IMPROVED BY THE DOCTOR "WHERE is Lord Harry?" Iris asked. The reply startled her: "Lord Harry leaves me to say to your ladyship, what he has not had resolution enough to say…
FACT: RELATED BY FANNY THE person who now entered the room was Fanny Mere. But one interest was stirring in the mind of Iris now. "Do you know where your master is?" she asked. "I s…
MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage. A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in…
THE PATIENT AND MY LORD THERE now remained but one other person in Lord Harry's household whose presence on the scene was an obstacle to be removed. This person was the cook. On condition of h…
"THE MISTRESS AND THE MAID" IN the correspondence secretly carried on between the mistress in London and the maid at Passy, it was Fanny Mere's turn to write next. She decided on dela…
THE NURSE IS SENT AWAY "YOU have repented and changed your mind, Vimpany?" said Lord Harry. "I repented?" the doctor repeated, with a laugh. "You think me capable of that, …