Aurora the Magnificent

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Alone in her room later ... she looked at the other portrait

AURORA

THE MAGNIFICENT

GERTRUDE HALL

AUTHOR OF “THE TRUTH ABOUT CAMILLA,” “THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY

GERALD LEAKE

NEW YORK

THE CENTURY CO.

1917

The Century Co.

Published, March, 1917

TO MY SISTER GRACE WITHOUT WHOM THIS BOOK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN. AND TO MY DEAR HELEN R─, WITHOUT WHOM IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Alone in her room later ... she looked at the other portraitFrontispiece

FACING PAGE

After it she still stood a moment, looking toward the sanctuary20

“I thought,” said Mrs. Hawthorne, “that you were going to come and take us sight-seeing“82

Aurora, clasping her hands in a delight that could find no words to express it, made a sound like the coo of a dove200

Gerald turned, and beheld that lady272

Aurora’s eyes, fixed and starry, rested upon the little flame290

Aurora, with a comedy of pride, threw up her chin, lifted her arms, and turned as if on a pivot316

“Come, let us reason together, Aurora”384