Set in late 1600's England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups and downs are included. (Summary by Linda Andrus)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
00 - Preface
01:01 - Chapter 2
01 - Chapter I -- The twenty-fourth day of November 1690
17:16 - Chapter 3
02 - Chapter II -- In which Sir Jeoffry encounters his offspring
22:36 - Chapter 4
03 - Chapter III -- Wherein Sir Jeoffry's boon companions drink a toast
19:34 - Chapter 5
04 - Chapter IV -- Lord Twemlow's chaplain visits his patron's kinsman, and Mistress Clorinda shines on her birthday night
26:44 - Chapter 6
05 - Chapter V -- 'Not I,' said she. 'There thou mayst trust me. I would not be found out.'
22:52 - Chapter 7
06 - ChapterVI -- Relating how Mistress Anne discovered a miniature
26:01 - Chapter 8
07 - Chapter VII -- 'Twas the face of Sir John Oxon the moon shone upon
20:50 - Chapter 9
08 - Chapter VIII -- Two meet in the deserted rose garden, and the old Earl of Dunstanwolde is made a happy man
34:06 - Chapter 10
09 -Chapter IX -- 'I give to him the thing he craves with all his soul -- myself'
15:25 - Chapter 11
10 - Chapter X -- 'Yes -- I have marked him'
18:31 - Chapter 12
11 - Chapter XI -- Wherein a noble life comes to an end
32:18 - Chapter 13
12 - Chapter XII -- Which treats of the obsequies of my Lord of Dunstanwolde, of his lady's widowhood, and of her return to town
15:41 - Chapter 14
13 - Chapter XIII -- Wherein a deadly war begins
29:00 - Chapter 15
14 - Chapter XIV -- Containing the history of the breaking of the horse Devil, and relates the returning of his Grace of Osmonde from France
33:47 - Chapter 16
15 - Chapter XV -- In which Sir John Oxon finds again a trophy he had lost
28:03 - Chapter 17
16 - Chapter XVI -- Dealing with that which was done in the Panelled Parlour
30:23 - Chapter 18
17 - Chapter XVII -- Wherein his Grace of Osmonde's courier arrives from France
29:59 - Chapter 19
18 - Chapter XVIII -- My Lady Dunstanwolde sits late alone and writes
12:49 - Chapter 20
19 - Chapter XIX -- A piteous story is told, and the old cellars walled in
27:29 - Chapter 21
20 - Chapter XX -- A noble marriage
18:48 - Chapter 22
21 - Chapter XXI -- An heir is born
27:46 - Chapter 23
22 - Chapter XXII -- Mother Anne
11:37 - Chapter 24
23 - Chapter XXIII -- 'In One who will do justice, and demands that it shall be done to each thing He has made, by each who bears His image'
20:47 - Chapter 25
24 - Chapter XXIV -- The doves sate upon the window-ledge and lowly cooed and cooed
31:52