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Title: Dynevor Terrace (Vol. II)
Author: Charlotte M. Yonge
Posting Date: July 19, 2009 [EBook #4236]
Release Date: July, 2003
First Posted: December 13, 2001
Language: English
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DYNEVOR TERRACE.
VOL. II.
BY
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE
CONTENTS
1. THE TRYSTE.
II. THE THIRD TIME.
III. MISTS.
IV. OUTWARD BOUND.
V. THE NEW WORLD.
VI. THE TWO PENDRAGONS.
VII. ROLAND AND OLIVER
VIII. THE RESTORATION.
IX. THE GIANT OF THE WESTERN STAR.
X. THE WRONG WOMAN IN THE WRONG PLACE.
XI. AUNT CATHARINE'S HOME.
XII. THE FROST HOUSEHOLD.
XIII. THE CONWAY HOUSEHOLD.
XIV. THE TRUSTEES' MEETING.
XV. SWEET USES OF ADVERSITY.
XVI. THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION.
XVII. 'BIDE A WEE.'
XVIII. THE CRASH.
XIX. FAREWELL TO GREATNESS.
XX. WESTERN TIDINGS.
XXI. STEPPING WESTWARD.
XXII. RATHER SUDDEN.
XXIII. THE MARVEL OF PERU.
CHAPTER I.
THE TRYSTE.
One single flash of glad surprise
Just glanced from Isabel's dark eyes,
Then vanished in the blush of shame
That as its penance instant came--
'O thought unworthy of my race!'
The Lord of the Isles.
As little recked Fitzjocelyn of the murmurs which he had provoked, as
he guessed the true secret of his victory. In his eyes, it was the
triumph of merit over prejudice, and Mrs. Frost espoused the same
gratifying view, though ascribing much to her nephew's activity, and
James himself, flushed with hope and success, was not likely to dissent.
Next they had to make their conquest available. Apart from Louis's
magnificent prognostications, at the lowest computation, the head
master's income amounted to a sum which to James appeared affluence;
and though there was no house provided, it mattered the less since
there were five to choose from in the Terrace, even if his grandmother
had not wished that their househo
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