THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS PRIDE
Reading edition
Contents Volume I.
List of Illustrations Volume I.
Contents Volume II.
List of Illustrations Volume II.
CONTENTS
VOLUME I.
CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Old Commander13
II.The Brave Duke24
III.The Dinner in the Arbour32
IV.The Duchess41
V.The Lion of the Ball54
VI.The Duel66
VII.The Pretty Musician73
VIII.The Unhappy Secret79
IX.The Private Interview89
X.Revelations96
XI.The Purse of Money106
XII.A Vain Interview115
XIII.Unexpected Consolation125
XIV.The Solemn Compact136
XV.A Glorious Dream145
XVI.An Incomprehensible Refusal154
XVII.Presumption and Indignation161
XVIII.A Purely Business Transaction171
XIX.In M. de Mornand's Study177
XX.Attentions To the Heiress185
XXI.The Hunchback Meets the Heiress195
XXII.An Orgy of Sincerity204
XXIII.An Involuntary Aversion213
XXIV.An Unwelcome Visitor224
XXV.Matrimonial Intentions Disclosed232
XXVI.The Commander's Advice242
XXVII.The Abode of the Duchess251
XXVIII.A Sacred Mission261
XXIX.Humiliation and Consolation273
XXX.An Apology Accepted283
XXXI.The Private Stairway293
XXXII.Unburdening the Heart302
XXXIII.The Three Rivals310
XXXIV.Tormented by Doubts321
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
"'Here Is a Very Important Letter'"Frontispiece
"Ran His Blade Through His Antagonist's Right Arm"69
"She Held Out the Bank-note"130
"'I Will Go and Try To Find That Young Coxcomb'"278