The Project Gutenberg E-text of When the Birds Begin to Sing

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Author

Graham, Winifred (Matilda Winifred Muriel)

Title

When the Birds Begin to Sing

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English fiction -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26186

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26186

Release Date

August 4, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1."The vicar's wife would have a fit if I lounged like this." See page 4 — WHEN THE BIRDS BEGIN TO SING. — A Novel — BY
2. 2.WINIFRED GRAHAM, — AUTHOR OF "ON THE DOWN GRADE," &c., &c. — WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY HAROLD PIFFARD. — LONDON: C. ARTHUR PEARSON LTD., HENRIETTA STREET, W.C. 1897
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — "THE VICAR'S WIFE WOULD HAVE A FIT IF I LOUNGED LIKE THIS" . . . Frontispiece — "LOOK! THERE IT GOES." — SALUTING THE OLD PICTURES ON THE WALL WITH MOCK COURTESY — THE DINING-ROOM DOOR OPENS, AND PHILIP ROCHE STANDS BEFORE THEM — "MR. AND MRS. GREBBY!" — SHE COVERS HER FACE WITH HER HANDS — "MAY I SEE THAT PHOTOGRAPH?" — "WHY, IT'S NEVER MR. ROCHE!" SHE EXCLAIMS — SHE RUSHES TO THE DOOR WITH A WILD CRY — ELEANOR STAGGERS ON BREATHLESSLY UP THE HILL — THE CRUEL FINGERS PRESS WITH DEADLY FORCE — BIG TOMBO BOWS ASSENT — BEARING TENDERLY THE LIMP BODY OF THE TERRIER — "WHAT VILLAIN HAS KILLED MY HORSE?" — SHE STEALS INTO THE VERANDAH AND WATCHES — PHILIP THROWS BACK HIS COAT, AND SHE SEES THE SHIRT BENEATH IT IS SPLASHED WITH BLOOD — WHEN THE BIRDS BEGIN TO SING. — CHAPTER I. — AND WHEN LOVE SPEAKS. — CHAPTER II. — "IMPARADIS'D IN ONE ANOTHER'S ARMS."— Milton . — CHAPTER III. — GOD MADE THE WOMAN FOR THE MAN.— Tennyson . — "Look! there it goes." — CHAPTER IV. — LIFE IS A JEST. — Saluting the old pictures on the wall with mock courtesy. — CHAPTER V. — "THE FLY THAT SIPS TREACLE IS LOST IN THE SWEETS." — The dining-room door opens, and Philip Roche stands before them. — CHAPTER VI. — LIKE ONE THAT ON A LONESOME ROAD DOST WALK IN FEAR AND DREAD. — CHAPTER VII. — THE SHADOWS RISE AND FALL. — CHAPTER VIII. — KIND HEARTS ARE MORE THAN CORONETS. — "Mr. and Mrs. Grebby!" — CHAPTER IX. — HEART SICK AND WEARY WITH THE JOURNEY'S FRET. — CHAPTER X. — FALSER THAN ALL FANCY FATHOMS. — CHAPTER XI. — IF WE ONLY KNOW! IF WE ONLY KNOW! — She covers her face with her hands. — CHAPTER XII. — TO-MORROW, AND TO-MORROW, AND TO-MORROW.— Shakespeare . — "May I see that photograph?" — CHAPTER XIII. — IF NEED, TO DIE—NOT LIVE.— Chas. Kingsley . — CHAPTER XIV. — IN CLOUDS OF SILENCE FOLDED OUT OF SIGHT. — "Why, it's never Mr. Roche!" she exclaims. — She rushes to the door with a wild cry. — CHAPTER XV. — AH, FOR SOME RETREAT, DEEP IN YONDER SHINING ORIENT.— Tennyson . — Eleanor staggers on breathlessly up the hill. — CHAPTER XVI. — OH, LOVE! IN SUCH A WILDERNESS AS THIS. — The cruel fingers press with deadly force. — CHAPTER XVII. — "WHERE THERE AIN'T NO TEN COMMANDMENTS." " The Road to Mandalay. "— Rudyard Kipling . — CHAPTER XVIII. — LET US BE OPEN AS THE DAY. — Big Tombo bows assent. — CHAPTER XIX. — THE IDEAL! DIM VANITIES OF DREAMS BY NIGHT. — Bearing tenderly the limp body of the terrier. — CHAPTER XX. — LIFE IS THORNY, AND YOUTH IS VAIN. — "What villain has killed my horse?" — CHAPTER XXI. — BY A ROUTE OBSCURE AND LONELY, HAUNTED BY ILL ANGELS ONLY.— E. A. Poe . — She steals into the verandah and watches. — CHAPTER XXII. — NO FOOTSTEP STIRRED—THE HATED WORLD ALL SLEPT, SAVE ONLY THEE AND ME. (OH, HEAVEN! OH, GOD!) — CHAPTER XXIII. — OH, I DEFY THEE, HELL, TO SHOW ON BEDS OF FIRE THAT BURN BELOW, A DEEPER WOE.— E. A. Poe . — Philip throws back his coat, and she sees the shirt beneath it is splashed with blood.

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