The Jewelled Snuff Box

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by Alice Chetwynd Ley


  She looked up at last, and his pulses leapt at what he saw in her eyes.

  “Oh, Richard!” she said, with a little laughing sob in her voice. “Don’t you realise that I loved you almost from the first moment? That is the real reason why I could not return the box to you — I was afraid you must see —”

  This time she did sway forward, and he caught her in his arms as though he would never let her go again. He bent his face to hers, and stopped her words with his lips.

  A log stirred in the fire; its leaping flame outlined the two figures against the dark window, and caught the bright glint of the jewels in the snuff box which lay unregarded on the seat beside them.

  Table of Contents

  Chapter I. On The Dartford Road

  Chapter II. Dilemma At Daybreak

  Chapter III. A Bargain Is Struck

  Chapter IV. The History Of Jane Spencer

  Chapter V. Discovery Of A Letter

  Chapter VI. My Lady Bordesley

  Chapter VII. Encounter At The Play

  Chapter VIII. Errand To Brook Street

  Chapter IX. Return Of The Stranger

  Chapter X. Sir Richard Turns Burglar

  Chapter XI. A Chance Encounter

  Chapter XII. Unaccountable Behaviour Of My Lord

  Chapter XIII. Without Rhyme Or Reason

  Chapter XIV. An Eventful Rendezvous

  Chapter XV. The Ingenuity Of My Lady

  Chapter XVI. A Fugitive

  Chapter XVII. A Proposal Of Marriage

  Chapter XVIII. Jane Receives Another Declaration

  Chapter XIX. The Story Of Arabella

  Chapter XX. Beauty Destroyed

  Chapter XXI. The Awakening

 

 

 


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