CHASTE AS ICE, PURE AS SNOW.
A NOVEL.
BY
MRS. M. C. DESPARD.
Ham. If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: Be thouas chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
——Hamlet, Act III. Scene I.
[1874]
CONTENTS.
PART I.
A WOMAN FACE TO FACE WITH THE WORLD.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | A Picture and a Face. | 7 |
| II. | Adèle and Margaret. | 12 |
| III. | A Woman Face to Face with the World. | 18 |
| IV. | Morning Thoughts—A Resolve Taken. | 28 |
| V. | Found—A Friend. | 31 |
| VI. | The Young Heir. | 39 |
| VII. | A Cunning Tempter. | 45 |
| VIII. | Arthur Falls Into the Snare. | 53 |
| IX. | Arthur's Secret. | 57 |
| X. | How Adèle Receives the Disclosure. | 62 |
| XI. | A Face at the Window. | 68 |
| XII. | Flight. | 73 |