Chapter LI · “UNTIL DEATH DO US PART.”

It almost seemed as if the news that Violet was still alive, and her return to Golden Willows, put new life into the stern old judge.

He began to rally from his extreme depression, and when Violet had staid with him a little while, he fell into a peaceful sleep, that lasted until morning.

Meanwhile, Cecil had hurried home to tell his mother of the startling events that had happened since he had left her at noon with Amber. Mrs. Shirley had sent a maid from Golden Willows to nurse Amber at the Melrose cottage, so he did not think it necessary to go back there.

But when he had told Mrs. Grant all the story of Amber’s treachery, she sighed deeply, and said:

“Poor girl! she has been very wicked, and I am glad you escaped the marriage she planned for you. But, Cecil, we must not forget her great kindness, nor the gratitude we owe her for the loan that saved Bonnycastle.”

“But, mother, it seems as if she deliberately planned the foreclosure of the mortgage, in order to work out her plan of the elopement, and to snare me in her toils,” he replied, indignantly.

“Poor Amber! was she indeed so wicked? But yet, I pity her, now that her sins have found her out, and she is so desolate and forsaken. And since Mrs. Shirley cannot go to her, Cecil, why it almost seems my duty to care for her now; so, early in the morning, you must take me to the Melrose cottage.”

He did not gainsay her wish, and took her in a carriage the next morning.

But there was no change in Amber. She lay unconscious, as on the night before; and Cecil left his mother at the cottage, and rode to Golden Willows to see Violet.

She came to meet him, so bright, so beautiful, in her soft, white cashmere morning-dress, bound at the waist with a white silken cord, and all her golden curls loose about her shoulders, like ripples of spun gold. The sweet rosebud lips were lifted frankly for his fond kiss.

“Grandpapa is so much better this morning. He has been talking to us—telling us”—she said, and paused.

“Of Harold Castello’s death?” asked Cecil.

“Yes,” she answered, “and Lena was very glad that he repented his sins before he died. He had a priest sent for, and confessed his sins and received absolution. He left a message for me, praying my pardon for his sins against me, and that I would never reveal all the evil I knew of him, since he had passed beyond earthly punishment to the bar of Heaven. Cecil,” and she lifted her wistful blue eyes to his adoring face.

“What is it, my darling?”

She answered, with a catch in her breath, like a repressed sob:

“I knew much evil of this man that I have never spoken. Is it right for me to keep silence now?”

“Yes, Violet, it is right. The dead are sacred. If we cannot speak in praise of them, and if silence can wrong no one, it is best.”

“I am glad you think so, for his terrible suffering in death has touched my heart. And Lena forgives him now, and his wrongs against her were greater than mine.”

“It is noble in you both,” he said, admiringly.

“But, Cecil, there is something else that distresses me very much, but grandpapa says I must accept it.”

“What is it, my Violet?”

“I—I—am his widow, you know. Is it not horrible to think of, dear? But it cannot be helped, you know, for the marriage was legal. But he had no relatives, and—and—he left me all his wealth—several millions, grandpapa says. I—I—wish to refuse it, but he says there is no way to do it. And the dying man begged I would accept it in atonement for all I had suffered through his sins.”

“And you wish to refuse it, my darling? But I do not blame you. There is Lena, whom he wronged so deeply. You can give it to her, Violet.”

“I have offered it to her, but she refused, for there are reasons that would make it dreadful for her to accept. And grandpapa has been saying that I am very foolish to refuse this fortune. He said I might do so much good with it—help the poor, you know—and—and”—shyly, “restore Bonnycastle when we are married. It tempted me a little, dear, for I should like to see Bonnycastle rebuilt—it will be my future home! So what shall I do, my darling?”

“You might think me mercenary if I counseled you to accept it, dear one, since you will be my wife. You must decide for yourself.”

“Then I will do as Mr. Castello wished, and as grandpapa counsels, for I shall then be very rich, and can do much good with the money.”

Cecil did not dissuade her, for he thought that she had suffered enough at Castello’s hands to merit this compensation. He did not covet the money for himself, but he knew that it would add to the happiness of his wife.

So she told Judge Camden she would accept the royal dower, and he was well pleased.

“But, Lena, it should have been yours instead,” she said, sadly; but Lena shook her head.

“You forget poor father,” she said. “No, no! I could not touch a cent of it. I care nothing now for worldly pleasures, and at the death of my poor mother, who is fast failing in health, I shall retire into a convent to end my days.”

Violet saw that there was no use urging her about the money. The wound in her heart was mortal.

She remained a few days at Golden Willows, until Judge Camden was out of danger, then returned to her home in Washington. A few weeks later her mother died, and she carried out her vow of entering a convent. The wonderful beauty that had proved her ruin was hidden beneath the black vail of the nun. When Violet donned the misty vail to become the adored bride of the man she worshiped, Lena Lavarre had already spoken the solemn vows that made her the pious bride of Heaven.

After Violet had held that conversation with Cecil, she said to him:

“I wish you to take me to see Amber. Although she has sinned against me, I forgive her, because I am so very happy; and I pity her for the jealous love that made her cruel and wicked.”

“I will take you to the cottage. My mother is already there,” replied Cecil.

Violet went to her grandfather.

“I am going to see Amber. You must send her your forgiveness,” she pleaded.

He demurred at first, but he could not refuse anything to Violet, who had forgiven so much to him; so he agreed that he would forgive Amber’s sins, and let her come home if she recovered.

But the next day Amber came home to Golden Willows in her coffin.

When Cecil and Violet reached the cottage, the beautiful sinner who had risked and lost all for the sake of a mad love, had just expired, without ever fully regaining consciousness.

Violet kissed the poor, dead face, whose beauty was all marred by that ghastly scar, and wept bitterly on Mrs. Grant’s motherly breast. She had hoped so much that Amber would get well and repent, but it was not to be. The fiery heart and burning brain were stilled forever.

So they robed her in snowy white, with flowers on her pulseless breast, and bore her back to her old home, and the secret of her sins was hidden in sacred silence in the breasts of the few that knew them. A few days later she had a stately funeral, and was laid to rest in the family grave-yard, under the whirling winter snow. The whole county mourned for beautiful Amber, who had come to so untimely an end, and the broken marble shaft that rose above her dreamless head, told no secrets of the wayward heart and mind that had driven her into sin and brought her to death.

Judge Camden was deeply moved when he heard the story of Mrs. Grant’s attendance at Amber’s death-bed. He realized that she was not the proud, heartless woman he had imagined, and thanked her, in a brief, grateful note, for her friendship for his dead granddaughter. She replied by telling how Amber had saved Bonnycastle, and then he understood everything—how terribly the girl had fought for victory in all her aims. He always tried to believe that Amber had made some terrible mistake when she placed the arsenic in his glass.

“She thought it was a sleeping potion, I am sure,” he said to gentle Mrs. Shirley, who sighed, without replying.

“But,” continued the judge, “I should have died, the doctor says, but for the timely emetic you gave me, madame.”

“I am very glad I could pay some of the debt of gratitude I owe you, by saving your life,” she answered, in her simple, gentle way, and the old man, who was getting well again, and seemed to have years of life before him, looked at her quite tenderly.

“You owe me no gratitude, for I have always been a bear to you,” he protested.

“Oh, no, judge; you have always been very kind to me!”

“Then, since you have such a good opinion of me, madame, suppose we get married, and make each other happy for the rest of our lives? When I die, I’ll give you a life interest in my property, and at your death, it will revert to our dear Violet.”

Mrs. Shirley agreed to this offer as amiably as she always accepted the judge’s propositions; and she found, on marrying him, that her lot was very much bettered. He made quite an affectionate old husband, and dropped many of his bearish ways in honor of the timid, gentle lady who bore his name.

In the golden spring-time, when the violets were blooming in the shady dells, Cecil Grant gathered to his tender heart the fair Violet of Golden Willows, to have and hold in perfect bliss forever, “until death do us part.”

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2— Dora Thorne.

3— A Golden Heart.

4— Lord Lisle’s Daughter.

5— The Mystery of Colde Fell; or, “Not Proven.”

6— Diana’s Discipline; or, Sunshine and Roses.

7— A Dark Marriage Morn.

8— Hilda’s Lover; or, The False Vow; or, Lady Hutton’s Ward.

9— Her Mother’s Sin; or, A Bright Wedding Day.

10— One Against Many.

11— For Another’s Sin; or, A Struggle for Love.

12— At War With Herself.

13— Evelyn’s Folly.

14— A Haunted Life.

15— Lady Damer’s Secret.

16— His Wife’s Judgment.

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19— Two Fair Women; or, Which Loved Him Best?

21— Wife in Name Only.

22— The Sin of a Lifetime.

23— The World Between Them.

24— Prince Charlie’s Daughter.

25— A Thorn in Her Heart.

26— A Struggle for a Ring.

27— The Shadow of a Sin.

28— A Rose in Thorns.

29— A Woman’s Love Story.

30— The Romance of a Black Veil.

31— Redeemed by Love; or, Love’s Conflict; or, Love Works Wonders.

32— Lord Lynne’s Choice.

33— Set in Diamonds.

34— The Romance of a Young Girl; or, The Heiress of Hill-drop.

35— A Woman’s War.

36— On Her Wedding Morn, and Her Only Sin.

37— Weaker Than a Woman.

38— Love’s Warfare.

40— A Nameless Sin.

41— A Mad Love.

42— Hilary’s Folly; or, Her Marriage Vow.

43— Madolin’s Lover.

44— The Belle of Lynn; or, The Miller’s Daughter.

45— Lover and Husband.

46— Beauty’s Marriage, and Between Two Sins.

47— The Duke’s Secret.

48— Her Second Love.

49— Addie’s Husband, and Arnold’s Promise.

50— A True Magdalen; or, One False Step.

51— For a Woman’s Honor.

52— Claribel’s Love Story; or, Love’s Hidden Depths.

53— A Fiery Ordeal.

54— The Gipsy’s Daughter.

55— Golden Gates.

56— The Squire’s Darling, and Walter’s Wooing.

57— Violet Lisle.

58— Griselda.

59— One False Step.

60— A Heart’s Idol.

61— The Earl’s Error, and Letty Leigh.

63— Another Woman’s Husband.

64— Wedded and Parted, and Fair But False.

65— His Perfect Trust.

66— Gladys Greye.

67— In Love’s Crucible.

68— ’Twixt Love and Hate.

69— Fair But Faithless.

70— A Heart’s Bitterness.

71— Marjorie Dean.

72— Between Two Hearts.

73— Her Martyrdom.

74— Thorns and Orange Blossoms.

75— A Bitter Bondage.

76— A Guiding Star.

77— A Fair Mystery.

78— Another Man’s Wife.

79— An Ideal Love.

80— The Earl’s Atonement.

81— Between Two Loves.

82— A Dead Heart, and Love for a Day.

83— A Fatal Dower.

84— Lady Latimer’s Escape, and Other Stories.

85— A Woman’s Error.

86— Guelda.

87— Beyond Pardon.

88— If Love Be Love.

89— A Coquette’s Conquest.

90— In Cupid’s Net, and So Near and Yet So Far.

91— Under a Shadow.

92— At Any Cost, and A Modern Cinderella.

94— Margery Daw.

95— A Woman’s Temptation.

96— The Actor’s Ward.

97— Repented at Leisure.

98— James Gordon’s Wife.

99— For Life and Love, and More Bitter Than Death.

100— In Shallow Waters.

101— A Broken Wedding Ring.

102— Dream Faces.

103— Two Kisses, and The Fatal Lilies.

105— A Hidden Terror.

106— Wedded Hands.

107— From Out the Gloom.

108— Her First Love.

109— A Bitter Reckoning.

110— Thrown on the World.

111— Irene’s Vow.

112— His Wedded Wife.

113— Lord Elesmere’s Wife.

114— A Woman’s Vengeance.

115— A Queen Amongst Women and An Unnatural Bondage.

116— The Queen of the County.

117— A Struggle for the Right.

118— The Paths of Love.

119— Blossom and Fruit.

120— The Story of an Error.

121— The White Witch.

123— Lady Muriel’s Secret.

124— The Hidden Sin.

125— For a Dream’s Sake.

126— The Gambler’s Wife.

127— A Great Mistake.

128— Society’s Verdict.

129— Lady Gwendoline’s Dream.

130— The Rival Heiresses.

131— A Bride from the Sea, and Other Stories.

132— A Woman’s Trust.

133— A Dream of Love.

134— The Sins of the Father.

135— For Love of Her.

136— A Loving Maid.

137— A Heart of Gold.

138— The Price of a Bride.

139— Love in a Mask.

140— A Woman’s Witchery.

141— The Burden of a Secret.

142— One Woman’s Sin.

143— How Will It End?

144— The Hand Without a Wedding Ring.

145— A Sinful Secret.

146— Lady Marchmont’s Widowhood.

147— The Broken Trust.

148— Lady Ethel’s Whim.

149— A Wife’s Peril.

150— The Tragedy of Lime Hall.

151— Lady Ona’s Sin.

152— A Bitter Courtship.

153— A Tragedy of Love and Hate.

154— A Stolen Heart.

155— Every Inch a Queen.

156— A Maid’s Misery.

157— Love’s Redemption.

158— The Sunshine of His Life.

159— The Lost Lady of Haddon.

160— The Love of Lady Aurelia.

161— His Great Temptation.

162— An Evil Heart.

163— Gladys’ Wedding Day.

164— Lost for Love.

165— On With the New Love.

168— A Fateful Passion.

169— A Captive Heart.

170— A Deceptive Lover.

171— An Untold Passion.

172— A Purchased Love.

173— The Queen of His Soul.

174— A Pilgrim of Love.

175— The Girl of His Heart.

176— A Wife’s Devotion.

177— The Price of Love.

178— When Love and Hate Conflict.

180— A Misguided Love.

181— The Chains of Jealousy.

182— A Loveless Engagement.

183— A Heart’s Worship.

184— A Queen Triumphant.

185— Between Love and Ambition.

186— True Love’s Reward.

187— A Poisoned Heart.

188— What It Cost Her.

189— Paying the Penalty.

190— The Old Love or the New?

191— Her Honored Name.

192— A Coquette’s Victim.

193— An Ocean of Love.

194— Sweeter Than Life.

195— For Her Heart’s Sake.

196— Her Beautiful Foe.

197— A Soul Ensnared.

198— A Heart Forlorn.

199— Strong in Her Love.

200— Fair as a Lily.

205— Her Bitter Sorrow.

210— Hester’s Husband.

215— An Artful Plotter.

228— A Vixen’s Love.

232— The Dawn of Love.

236— Love’s Coronet.

237— The Unbroken Vow.

238— Her Heart’s Hero.

239— An Exacting Love.

240— A Wild Rose.

241— In Defiance of Fate.

242— For Lack of Gold.

244— Two True Hearts.

245— Baffled by Fate.

246— Two Men and a Maid.

247— A Cruel Revenge.

248— The Flower of Love.

249— Mistress of Her Fate.

250— The Wooing of a Maid.

251— A Blighted Blossom.

252— Loved Forevermore.

253— For Old Love’s Sake.

254— Love’s Debt.

255— A Happy Conquest.

256— Tender and True.

257— The Love He Spurned.

258— Withered Flowers.

259— When Woman Wills.

260— Love’s Twilight.

261— True to His First Love.

262— Suffered in Silence.

263— A Modest Passion.

264— Beyond All Dreams.

265— Loved and Lost.

266— The Bride of the Manor.

267— Love, the Avenger.

268— Wedded at Dawn.

269— A Shattered Romance.

270— With Love at the Helm.

271— Humbled Pride.

272— Love Finds a Way.

273— An Ardent Wooing.

274— Love Grown Cold.

275— Love Hath Wings.

276— When Hot Tears Flow.

277— The Wages of Deceit.

278— Love and the World.

279— Love’s Sweet Hour.

280— Faithful and True.

281— Sunshine and Shadow.

282— For Love or Wealth?

283— A Crown of Faith.

284— The Harvest of Sin.

285— A Secret Sorrow.

286— In Quest of Love.

287— Beyond Atonement.

288— A Girl’s Awakening.

289— The Hero of Her Dreams.

290— Love’s Burden.

291— Only a Flirt.

292— When Love is Kind.

293— An Elusive Lover.

294— The Hour of Temptation.

295— Where Love Leads.

296— Her Struggle With Love.

297— In Spite of Fate.

298— Can This Be Love?

299— The Love of His Youth.

300— Enchained by Passion.

301— The New Love or the Old?

302— At Her Heart’s Command.

303— Cast Upon His Care.

304— All Else Forgot.

305— Sinner or Victim?

307— Answered in Jest.

308— Her Heart’s Problem.

309— Rich in His Love.

310— For Better, For Worse.

311— Love’s Caprice.

312— When Hearts Are Young.

314— In the Golden City.

315— A Love Victorious.

316— Her Heart’s Delight.

317— The Heart of His Heart.

318— Even This Sacrifice.

319— Love’s Crown Jewel.

320— Suffered in Vain.

321— In Love’s Bondage.

322— Lady Viola’s Secret.

323— Adrift on Love’s Tide.

324— The Quest of His Heart.

325— Under Cupid’s Seal.

326— Earlescourt’s Love.

327— Dearer Than Life.

328— Toward Love’s Goal.

329— Her Heart’s Surrender.

330— Tempted to Forget.

331— The Love That Blinds.

332— A Daughter of Misfortune.

333— When False Tongues Speak.

334— A Tempting Offer.

335— With Love’s Strong Bonds.

336— That Plain Little Girl.

337— And This is Love!

338— The Secret of Estcourt.

339— For His Love’s Sake.

340— Outside Love’s Door.

341— At Love’s Fountain.

342— A Lucky Girl.

343— A Dream Come True.

344— By Love’s Order.

345— Fettered for Life.

346— Beyond the Shadow.

347— The Love That Won.

348— Fair to Look Upon.

349— A Daughter of Eve.

350— When Cupid Frowns.

351— The Wiles of Love.

352— What the World Said.

353— Mabel and May.

354— Her Love and His.

355— A Captive Fairy.

356— Her Sacred Trust.

357— A Child of Caprice.

358— He Dared to Love.

359— While the World Scoffed.

360— On Love’s Highway.

361— One of Love’s Slaves.

362— The Lure of the Flame.

363— A Love in the Balance.

364— A Woman of Whims.

365— In a Siren’s Web.

366— The Tie That Binds.

367— Love’s Harsh Mandate.

368— Love’s Carnival.

369— With Heart and Voice.

370— In Love’s Hands.

371— Hearts of Oak.

372— A Garland of Love.

373— Among Love’s Briers.

374— Love Never Fails.

375— The Other Man’s Choice.

376— A Lady of Quality.

377— On Love’s Demand.

378— A Fugitive from Love.

379— His Sweetheart’s Promise.

380— The Schoolgirl Bride.

381— Her One Ambition.

382— Love for Love.

383— His Fault or Hers?

384— New Loves for Old.

385— Her Proudest Possession.

386— Cupid Always Wins.

387— Love is Life Indeed.

388— When Scorn Greets Love.

389— Love’s Potent Charm.

390— By Love Alone.

391— When Love Conspires.

392— No Thought of Harm.

393— Cupid’s Prank.

394— A Sad Awakening.

395— What Could She Do?

396— Sharing His Burden.

397— Steadfast in Her Love.

398— A Love Despised.

399— One Life, One Love.

400— When Hope is Lost.

401— A Heart Unclaimed.

402— His Dearest Wish.

403— Her Cup of Sorrow.

404— When Love is Curbed.

405— A Pitiful Mistake.

406— A Love Profound.

407— A Bitter Sacrifice.

408— What Love is Worth.

409— When Life’s Roses Bloom.

410— Her Only Choice.

411— Forged on Love’s Anvil.

412— She Hated Him!

413— When Love’s Charm is Broken.

414— Led by Destiny.

415— When Others Sneered.

416— Golden Fetters.

417— The Love That Prospered.

418— The Song of the Siren.

419— Love’s Gentle Whisper.

420— The Girl Who Won.

421— The Love That Was Stifled.

422— The Love of a Lifetime.

423— Her One Mistake.

424— At War With Fate.

425— When Love Lures.

426— ’Twixt Wealth and Want.

427— Love’s Pleasant Dreams.

428— Sir John’s Heiress.

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429— A Terrible Mistake.

430— The Eyes of Jealousy.

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431— The Romance of a Business Girl.

432— Was He the Man?

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433— The Master of Tredcroft.

434— The Deverell Heritage.

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435— The Swoop of the Vulture.

436— A Phantom of the Past.

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437— A Fleet of Dreams.

438— Love and Reason.

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136— Only a Girl’s Heart By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

137— Gertrude’s Sacrifice Sequel to “Only a Girl’s Heart” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

138— The Rejected Bride Sequel to “Gertrude’s Sacrifice” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

139— A Husband’s Devotion Sequel to “The Rejected Bride” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

140— Gertrude Haddon Sequel to “A Husband’s Devotion” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

141— Reunited Sequel to “Gertrude Haddon” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

142— Em By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

143— Em’s Husband Sequel to “Em” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

144— The Unloved Wife By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

145— Lilith Sequel to “The Unloved Wife” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

146— The Bride’s Ordeal By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

147— Her Love or Her Life? Sequel to “The Bride’s Ordeal” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

148— The Lost Lady of Lone By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

149— The Struggle of a Soul Sequel to “The Lost Lady of Lone” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

150— The Trail of the Serpent By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

151— A Tortured Heart Sequel to “The Trail of the Serpent” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

152— The Test of Love Sequel to “A Tortured Heart” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

153— Gloria By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

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155— Why Did He Wed Her? By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

156— For Whose Sake? Sequel to “Why Did He Wed Her?” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

157— A Skeleton in the Closet By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

158— Brandon Coyle’s Wife Sequel to “A Skeleton in the Closet” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

159— A Deed Without a Name By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

160— Dorothy Harcourt’s Secret Sequel to “A Deed Without a Name” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

161— To His Fate Sequel to “Dorothy Harcourt’s Secret” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

162— For Woman’s Love By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

163— Unrequited Love Sequel to “For Woman’s Love” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

164— The Widows of Widowville By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

165— When Love Commands Sequel to “The Widows of Widowville” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

166— Fulfilling Her Destiny Sequel to “When Love Commands” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

167— A Leap in the Dark By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

168— The Mysterious Marriage Sequel to “A Leap in the Dark” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

169— Her Mother’s Secret By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

170— Love’s Bitterest Cup Sequel to “Her Mother’s Secret” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

171— When Shadows Die Sequel to “Love’s Bitterest Cup” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

172— Sweet Love’s Atonement By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

173— Zenobia’s Suitors Sequel to “Sweet Love’s Atonement” By Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

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