Mr. Claghorn's Daughter

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Author

Trent, Hilary

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Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Fiction

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Text

eBook-No.

35436

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35436

Release Date

March 1, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Mr. Claghorn's Daughter.
2. 2.BY HILARY TRENT. — Copyright, 1903, by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company — All Rights Reserved. — New York : J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 57 Rose Street .
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.Mr. Claghorn's Daughter
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — A PHILOSOPHER AND A MARCHIONESS.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — TWO PAGANS DISCUSS FISH, PARIS AND THE HIGHER CRITICISM.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — A COUSIN IN THE COILS OF THE GREAT SERPENT.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE DIVERSIONS OF THE CLAGHORNS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — HOW A PAGAN PHILOSOPHER ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — ART, DIPLOMACY, LOVE AND OTHER THINGS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — A CONFERENCE OF SPINSTERS CONCERNING A RUNAWAY DAMSEL.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — A MAIDEN FAIR, A MODERN EARLY FATHER AND A THEOLOGIAN.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE ADVANTAGES OF TREADING THE BORDERLAND OF VICE.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — A YOUTH OF PROMISE, A FEMALE POLITICIAN AND A YELLOW MAN.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — THE DEVIL WALKS TO AND FRO IN HAMPTON.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — HER EYES GREW LIMPID AND HER CHEEKS FLUSHED RED.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — WHEREAT CYNICS AND MATRONS MAY SMILE INCREDULOUS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — IN THE WHITE HOUSE, A DAMSEL OR THE DEVIL—WHICH?
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — SUR LE PONT D'AVIGNON ON Y DANSE, ON Y DANSE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — WARBLINGS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND SNARES FOR A SOUL.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — THE SECRET OF HER HEART WAS NEVER TO BE TOLD BY HER TO HIM.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — A LOVER WRITES A LETTER.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — A KISS THAT MIGHT HAVE LINGERED ON HIS LIPS WHILE SEEKING ENTRANCE AT THE GATE OF HEAVEN.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — A DISHONEST VEILING OF A WOMAN'S HEART.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — A MAN ABOUT TO MEET A MAID.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. — MAN WALKETH IN A VAIN SHADOW.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — A PARSON TREADS THE PRIMROSE PATH IN PARIS.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — TO HIM I WILL BE HENCEFORTH TRUE IN ALL THINGS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. — MRS. JOE ON CLERICAL BUMPTIOUSNESS AND MRS. FENTON'S SHOULDERS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. — INTRODUCES DR. STANLEY, SATAN AND THE PRAYER MEETING OF MATRONS.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. — THE MUSIC OF THE CHORUS OF THE ANGUISH OF THE DAMNED.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. — CURSING AND BEATING HER BREAST, SHE FELL UPON THE GRAVE.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. — DR. STANLEY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE DIVERSIONS OF THE SAINTS.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. — STARTLING EFFECT OF "DR. BURLEY'S TRUE MEANING."
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. — HE CLASPED HER LITHE BODY WITH A CLUTCH OF FURY.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. — A PÆAN OF VICTORY HYMNED IN HELL.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. — A DELECTABLE DISCUSSION, IN WHICH A SHAKSPERIAN MATRON IS ROUTED.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. — WHEN MANHOOD IS LOST WOMAN'S TIME IS COME.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. — A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. — SHE CRIED ALOUD SHE WAS A GUILTY CREATURE.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. — A GOLDEN BRIDGE ACROSS AN ABYSS OF SHAME.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE RUINS OF HER AIR-CASTLE LAY AROUND HER.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. — VOIDABLE VOWS OF TURKS (AND OTHERS).
45. 45.CHAPTER XL. — HER FACE WAS THE MIRROR OF HER PLEASANT DREAMS.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI. — HER GUILTY CONSCIENCE CRIED: "BEHOLD YOUR HANDIWORK."
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII. — "I WILL NEVER LEAVE HIM, SO HELP ME GOD IN HEAVEN."
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII. — MONEY, HEAPS OF MONEY.
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV. — WEDDING BELLS. — THE END.

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