LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Vol. I.
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| “A place probably unique in the world” | [10] |
| “She rose suddenly and pretended to busy herself with the single light” | [79] |
| “ ‘What have you decided?’ she enquired” | [203] |
| “ ‘Kitty—don’t do what I’ve done,’ she said earnestly” | [257] |
KATHERINE LAUDERDALE.
CHAPTER I.
“I prefer the dark style, myself—like my cousin,” said John Ralston, thoughtfully.
“And you will therefore naturally marry a fair woman,” answered his companion, Hamilton Bright, stopping to look at the display in a florist’s window. Ralston stood still beside him.
“Queer things—orchids,” he observed.
“Why?” Nothing in the world seemed queer or unnatural to Bright, who was normally constituted in all respects, and had accepted the universe without comment.
“I am not sure why. I think the soul must look like an orchid.”