MISS HILDRETH.
A Novel.
BY A. DE GRASSE STEVENS,
AUTHOR OF "OLD BOSTON," "THE LOST DAUPHIN,"
"WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE,"ETC.
In Three Volumes.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
WARD AND DOWNEY,
12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.
1888.
[All rights reserved.]
Copyright by A. de Grasse Stevens, 1888.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | A FACE FROM OUT A CRIME | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | "IT WAS NO DELUSION" | 21 |
| CHAPTER III. | ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL | 34 |
| CHAPTER IV. | SUSPICIONS | 52 |
| CHAPTER V. | MIMI'S BIRTHDAY POSY | 79 |
| CHAPTER VI. | "'TIS A SIREN" | 95 |
| CHAPTER VII. | THE CANKER WORM OF DOUBT | 116 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | A SOCIETY DRAMA | 139 |
| CHAPTER IX. | "IT IS HOPELESS" | 154 |
| CHAPTER X. | THE SONG OF THE CIGALE | 169 |
| CHAPTER XI. | INTROSPECTION | 189 |
| CHAPTER XII. | PLOTTING | 203 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | THÉ ANGLAIS | 227 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | "FIND ME THE WOMAN" | 239 |
| CHAPTER XV. | "THIS LITTLE HAND" | 253 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | ARRESTED! | 262 |
MISS HILDRETH.
CHAPTER I.
A FACE FROM OUT A CRIME.
The same dazzling and brilliant sunshine, that for so many weeks hadheld sway in Petersburg, was still beautifying the Tsar's great capital,and gilding all things with an illusory sheen, which had all theappearance of true gold, but which fled away at the approach ofdarkness, leaving bare the cankerous fever spots, the dry bones andwasting diseas
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