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] |