Chapters (61)
- THE BEAUTY
- Author of The Silver Butterfly, etc.
- Perdita
- CONTENTS
- THE BEAUTY
- CHAPTER I
- A BACHELOR'S BRIDE
- CHAPTER II
- A FAR WORLD OF DREAMING
- CHAPTER III
- PINK AND WHITE EXISTENCE
- CHAPTER IV
- OUR LOVING FRIENDS
- CHAPTER V
- PERDITA'S TALISMAN
- CHAPTER VI
- SIROCCO
- CHAPTER VII
- THE GIFT OF FREEDOM
- "Free! How can I be free?"
- CHAPTER VIII
- FOOLS' LAUGHTER
- CHAPTER IX
- A TELEPHONE CALL
- CHAPTER X
- OUT OF THE GILDED CAGE
- CHAPTER XI
- A DOLL OR A BOX OF CANDY
- CHAPTER XII
- FUSCHIA FLEMING
- Before a table sat a young woman reading.
- CHAPTER XIII
- SHOCKING THE HEWSTONS
- CHAPTER XIV
- PUBLICITY
- CHAPTER XV
- A WIDOW'S SMILE
- CHAPTER XVI
- FATHER AND DAUGHTER
- CHAPTER XVII
- DO YOU LOVE ME?
- "Hayward, do you love me?"
- CHAPTER XVIII
- PLAYING THE GAME
- CHAPTER XIX
- HE CALLS ON HIS WIFE
- CHAPTER XX
- THE MAGIC WORD
- CHAPTER XXI
- TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CHAPTER XXII
- HEPWORTH MISUNDERSTANDS
- She gazed at the old trinket.
- CHAPTER XXIII
- ITS ANCIENT CHARM
- Before she knew it, his arms were about her.
- CHAPTER XXIV
- WAITING FOR PERDITA
- CHAPTER XXV
- WITH MY HEART'S LOVE
- THE END
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