Book the First.

CLOTHO; OR SPINNING THE THREAD.

CHAP.PAGE
I.“We have been so Happy”[3]
II.Fay[13]
III.A Superior Person[27]
IV.All She could Remember[41]
V.Without the Wolf[79]
VI.“Ah! Pity! the Lily is Withered”[112]
VII.Drifting Apart[129]
VIII.“Such Things Were”[146]
IX.The Face in the Church[160]
X.There is always the Skeleton[179]
XI.The Beginning of Doubt[210]
XII.“She cannot be Unworthy”[231]
XIII.Shall She be less than Another?[244]
XIV.Lifting the Curtain[274]

BOOK THE FIRST.


CLOTHO; OR SPINNING THE THREAD.

CHAPTER I.
“WE HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY.”

“I’m afraid she will be a terrible bore,” said the lady, with a slight pettishness in the tone of a voice that was naturally sweet.

“How can she bore us, love? She is only a child, and you can do what you like with her,” said the gentleman.