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Title: The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals

Author: Ann S. Stephens

Release Date: August 30, 2009 [EBook #29862]

Language: English

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THE OLD COUNTESS;
OR,
THE TWO PROPOSALS.

BY

MRS. 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.

CONTENTS.

Chapter PAGE

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.--