SIR ROBERT’S FORTUNE
A Novel
BY
M R S. O L I P H A N T
AUTHOR OF “CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD” “HARRY JOSCELYN”
“HE THAT WILL NOT WHEN HE MAY” ETC.
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1894
Copyright, 1894, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Printed by the Mershon Company, Rahway, N.J.
SIR ROBERT’S FORTUNE
Chapter I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL, XLI, XLII, XLIII, XLIV, XLV, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII.
CHAPTER I
“We are to see each other no more.”
These words were breathed rather than spoken in the dim recess of awindow, hidden behind ample curtains, the deep recess in which thewindow was set leaving room enough for two figures standing closetogether. Without was a m