Set in late 1600's England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups and downs are included. (Summary by Linda Andrus)
Chapters (24)
101 - Chapter I -- The twenty-fourth day of November 1690
1036
202 - Chapter II -- In which Sir Jeoffry encounters his offspring
1356
303 - Chapter III -- Wherein Sir Jeoffry's boon companions drink a toast
1174
404 - Chapter IV -- Lord Twemlow's chaplain visits his patron's kinsman, and Mistress Clorinda shines on her birthday night
1604
505 - Chapter V -- 'Not I,' said she. 'There thou mayst trust me. I would not be found out.'
1372
606 - ChapterVI -- Relating how Mistress Anne discovered a miniature
1561
707 - Chapter VII -- 'Twas the face of Sir John Oxon the moon shone upon
1250
808 - Chapter VIII -- Two meet in the deserted rose garden, and the old Earl of Dunstanwolde is made a happy man
2046
909 -Chapter IX -- 'I give to him the thing he craves with all his soul -- myself'
925
1010 - Chapter X -- 'Yes -- I have marked him'
1111
1111 - Chapter XI -- Wherein a noble life comes to an end
1938
1212 - Chapter XII -- Which treats of the obsequies of my Lord of Dunstanwolde, of his lady's widowhood, and of her return to town
941
1313 - Chapter XIII -- Wherein a deadly war begins
1740
1414 - Chapter XIV -- Containing the history of the breaking of the horse Devil, and relates the returning of his Grace of Osmonde from France
2027
1515 - Chapter XV -- In which Sir John Oxon finds again a trophy he had lost
1683
1616 - Chapter XVI -- Dealing with that which was done in the Panelled Parlour
1823
1717 - Chapter XVII -- Wherein his Grace of Osmonde's courier arrives from France
1799
1818 - Chapter XVIII -- My Lady Dunstanwolde sits late alone and writes
769
1919 - Chapter XIX -- A piteous story is told, and the old cellars walled in
1649
2020 - Chapter XX -- A noble marriage
1128
2121 - Chapter XXI -- An heir is born
1666
2222 - Chapter XXII -- Mother Anne
697
2323 - Chapter XXIII -- 'In One who will do justice, and demands that it shall be done to each thing He has made, by each who bears His image'
1247
2424 - Chapter XXIV -- The doves sate upon the window-ledge and lowly cooed and cooed
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