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Title: East of the Shadows

Author: Mrs. Hubert Barclay

Release Date: October 6, 2009 [EBook #30193]

Language: English

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EAST OF THE SHADOWS

BY

MRS. HUBERT (Edith Noel) BARCLAY

AUTHOR OF

"TREVOR LORDSHIP," "THE GIANT FISHER," "A DREAM OF BLUE ROSES," ETC.

"Dawn harbours surely
East of the shadows."
W.E.H.

TORONTO

HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED

1913

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

"PHILIPPA"

CHAPTER II

"PHIL!"

CHAPTER III

THE STRANGER

CHAPTER IV

FRANCIS

CHAPTER V

ISABELLA

CHAPTER VI

DOCTOR GALE

CHAPTER VII

INDECISION

CHAPTER VIII

THE HEART OF BESSMOOR

CHAPTER IX

A SQUARE IN THE PATCHWORK

CHAPTER X

THE MAJOR'S VISIT

CHAPTER XI

VIOLETS

CHAPTER XII

PROGRESS

CHAPTER XIII

THREADS

CHAPTER XIV

ROPES OF GOSSAMER

CHAPTER XV

REVELATION

CHAPTER XVI

HOPES FOR THE FUTURE

CHAPTER XVII

ISABELLA'S POINT OF VIEW

CHAPTER XVIII

MARION SPEAKS HER MIND

CHAPTER XIX

HALCYON DAYS

CHAPTER XX

BITTER-SWEET

CHAPTER XXI

POOR RIP

CHAPTER XXII

FRIENDSHIP

CHAPTER XXIII

CONTENT

CHAPTER I

"PHILIPPA"

"Her air, her manners, all who saw admired,
Courteous though coy, and gentle, though retired:
The joy of youth and health her eyes displayed,
And ease of heart her every look conveyed."--CRABBE.

The porter slammed the door with all the unnecessary vehemence usual to
his class and touched his hat, a shrill whistle sounded, the great
engine gave several vehement not to say petulant snorts, and the long
train glided slowly out of the terminus. Gaining speed with every
second, it whirled along through the maze of buildings which form the
ramparts of London--on past rows of dingy backyards where stunted
bushes show no brighter colour than that of the fam