Cut by the County; or, Grace Darnel

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

14 chapters4h 22mEnglish1885

About this book

Darnel Park is situated in a county that thrives on gossip and secrets, and the Darnel family, as it turns out, has many of them. An attempt at Sir Allan Darnel’s life, after various misunderstandings and misdirections, reveals an estranged son and a mysterious fiancée, and the Darnel family scrambles to conceal these new developments from not only the county but the Scotland Yard detective called in to investigate. - Summary by Adrienne Prevost.

Chapters (14)

1Under a cloud.

1036

2The secret of her unhappiness.

1074

3Grace's promise of marriage.

1159

4''Here's a pretty kettle of fish.''

717

5''Doubt not that I have counted well the cost.''

764

6''Life-stifling fear, soul-stifling shame.''

1359

7''As from a dream of murder.''

619

8''All was silent, all was gloom.''

967

9''Love will have his way.''

1534

10''Yet I must prove all truth to thee.''

930

11''I love, and he loves me again.''

813

12''A power of hell o'erclouds thy understanding.''

1697

13''Love, see thy lover humbled at thy feet.''

1642

14''Then be we, each and all, forgiven.''

1414

Cut by the County; or, Grace Darnel

About this book

Chapters (14)

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