The Independence of Claire
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About This Book
Claire Gifford stood in the salon of the Brussels pension which had been her home for the last three years, and bent her brows in consideration of an all-absorbing problem. "Can I marry him?" she asked herself once and again, with the baffling result that every single time her brain answered instantly, "You must!" the while her heart rose up in rebellion, and cried, "I won't!" Many girls have found themselves in the same predicament before and since, but few have had stronger reasons for sacrificing personal inclination on the altar of filial duty than Claire knew at this minute.
Chapters (56)
- Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey "The Independence of Claire"
- Chapter One.
- “I’ll have to do it.”
- Chapter Two.
- Too successful!
- Chapter Three.
- Mrs Gifford is married.
- Chapter Four.
- A fellow traveller introduces herself.
- Chapter Five.
- Miss Rhodes, Poisoner.
- Chapter Six.
- The Invitation.
- Chapter Seven.
- Transformation of Cecil.
- Chapter Eight.
- The Reception.
- Chapter Nine.
- The supper.
- Chapter Ten.
- Nowhere to go.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Enter Major Carew.
- Chapter Twelve.
- An unpleasant tea-party.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- A double invitation.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- A Question of Money.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- “Lend me five pounds!”
- Chapter Sixteen.
- The Meeting in Hyde Park.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- God’s opportunity.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- An Invitation.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- Erskine Fanshawe’s Home.
- Chapter Twenty.
- The Flowery Way.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- All in a garden fair.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- Found out.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- “No!”
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- A Rupture.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- A sudden resolve.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- Easier to die.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- Surrender.
- The End.
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