Contents
Introduction to the Catholic Women Writers Series
Introduction
Part I.
I. Half-Mourning
II. Unripe Years
III. Meeting at a Junction
IV. The Home of the Persecuted
V. An Indiscreet Photograph
VI. A Letter from London
VII. A Retrospect
VIII. Dame Mary Riversdale’s Portrait
IX. Madge Visits the Vault
X. Benediction
XI. Madge Leaves Skipton
XII. Mark Sings a Hymn
Part II.
I. Laura’s Embassy
II. Hilda in London
III. A Dinner-Party
IV. Amateur Diplomacy
V. Hilda’s Letter to Her Mother
VI. A Dull Week
VII. Cecilia Appeals to Marmaduke
VIII. The Evening at the Hurstmonceaux
IX. Madge Has a New Fear
X. Two Lovers Confide in Laura
XI. Opportunity
XII. “Rabboni”
XIII. Side-Lights from Celestine
XIV. Hilda Understands
XV. Cecilia
XVI. More about Cecilia
XVII. The Rest about Cecilia
XVIII. The Twenty-Fourth of March
XIX. Silence
XX. Madge and Laura on the Twenty-Fourth
XXI. Lord Bellasis Meets Mark Fieldes on the Twenty-Fourth
XXII. Laura Drives Mark to the Reform Club
XXIII. The Eve of Lady Day
XXIV. A Postscript