Alone in her room later ... she looked at the other portrait


AURORA

THE MAGNIFICENT

BY

GERTRUDE HALL

AUTHOR OF “THE TRUTH ABOUT CAMILLA,”
“THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY

GERALD LEAKE

NEW YORK

THE CENTURY CO.

1917


Copyright, 1916, 1917, by

The Century Co.


Published, March, 1917


TO
MY SISTER GRACE
WITHOUT WHOM THIS BOOK
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN.
AND TO
MY DEAR HELEN R─,
WITHOUT WHOM IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Alone in her room later ... she looked at the other portrait[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
After it she still stood a moment, looking toward the sanctuary[20]
“I thought,” said Mrs. Hawthorne, “that you were going to come and take us sight-seeing“[82]
Aurora, clasping her hands in a delight that could find no words to express it, made a sound like the coo of a dove[200]
Gerald turned, and beheld that lady[272]
Aurora’s eyes, fixed and starry, rested upon the little flame[290]
Aurora, with a comedy of pride, threw up her chin, lifted her arms, and turned as if on a pivot[316]
“Come, let us reason together, Aurora”[384]