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The Time of Roses

Chapter 10 THE LITTLE MUMMY'S CURIOSITY.

Word Count: 799    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

usual dinner hour. When she did so, her mother, who

m quite curious: it is sealed. The messenger did not want to leave it when I told him that you were out. He said it h

said Florence, turning quite pale

he had better take it back, but I assured him that I did not lose things when they were addressed to my only daughter, and that he might safely trust me to put the parcel into your hands. He was o

Bertha Keys for anything," said Flore

l open it and assu

ontains," said Florence. She got red first and then pale

o me: I can't sleep, I can't enjoy my food when there's a secret surrounding me. What'

t is a message from Miss Keys. I met her on the sa

lorence popped the sealed packet into

ired," she said, "

red to be annoyed

headache, and now after preparing the very nicest little dinner out of the scraps which that young man ought to have eaten last night, you never came in to partake. I had lobster salad of the most recherché description, and you were not present, wh

ou shortly. I shall probably be goi

anging to spend the

now," said Florence restlessly; "I

give you to start wit

nce, and her face coloured and then

t Florence, but did not speak: a shrewd expressi

thing like really strong coffee as a cure for a headache, and you can have some br

and-butter will do spl

room. A moment lat

om father; he will reach Southampton to-morrow and

ou?" said Florence,

to see him again, and you must constantly stay with

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1 Chapter 1 HOME AT LAST.2 Chapter 2 THE LITTLE MUMMY'S ARRANGEMENTS.3 Chapter 3 A STARTLING MEETING.4 Chapter 4 AN EVIL GENIUS.5 Chapter 5 MAURICE TREVOR.6 Chapter 6 MRS. AYLMER'S STRATEGY.7 Chapter 7 THE CHAINS BEGIN TO FRET.8 Chapter 8 BERTHA'S QUANDARY.9 Chapter 9 A TEMPTING OFFER.10 Chapter 10 THE LITTLE MUMMY'S CURIOSITY.11 Chapter 11 FLORENCE'S GOOD ANGEL.12 Chapter 12 ALONE IN LONDON.13 Chapter 13 A WEARY WAIT.14 Chapter 14 A BLUNT QUESTION.15 Chapter 15 EDITH FRANKS.16 Chapter 16 ON THE BRINK OF AN ABYSS.17 Chapter 17 NEARER AND NEARER.18 Chapter 18 A VESTIGE OF HOPE.19 Chapter 19 IN THE BALANCE.20 Chapter 20 ROSE VIEW.21 Chapter 21 AN AWKWARD POSITION.22 Chapter 22 THE STORY ACCEPTED.23 Chapter 23 BERTHA'S JOY.24 Chapter 24 TREVOR ASKS BERTHA'S ADVICE.25 Chapter 25 TREVOR'S RESOLVE.26 Chapter 26 AT AYLMER'S COURT.27 Chapter 27 BERTHA'S SECRET.28 Chapter 28 A SMILING WORLD.29 Chapter 29 ALMOST BETRAYED.30 Chapter 30 THE TELEGRAM.31 Chapter 31 BERTHA WRITES THE ESSAY.32 Chapter 32 TREVOR AND FLORENCE.33 Chapter 33 A TETE-A-TETE.34 Chapter 34 MAURICE REBELS.35 Chapter 35 THE ESSAY AROUSES CRITICISM.36 Chapter 36 A LETTER FROM HOME.37 Chapter 37 TREVOR PROPOSES TO FLORENCE.38 Chapter 38 AT THE RECEPTION.39 Chapter 39 AN ADMIRABLE ARRANGEMENT.40 Chapter 40 IS IT YES OR NO 41 Chapter 41 THE LITTLE MUMMY IN LONDON.42 Chapter 42 BERTHA KEYS DEFEATED.43 Chapter 43 MRS. AYLMER'S WILL.44 Chapter 44 BERTHA CHANGES HER TONE.45 Chapter 45 ALL THE ROSES ARE DEAD. 46 Chapter 46 A DENOUEMENT.47 Chapter 47 FINIS.