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The Late Miss Hollingford

CHAPTER I
15/21

But I contrived to keep my doubts to myself, and went on packing my trunks with a grudging conviction that at least I was doing my duty.
And it is here, just when my packing was half done, that the strange, beautiful face of Rachel Leonard rises up to take its place in my history.

I was introduced to her by chance; I did not know her story, nor that she had a story, nor yet that she was connected with any people whose intimate acquaintance I was likely to make in the future.
We met at a small musical party, where we had opportunities for conversation.

She wore a white Indian muslin, with a bunch of scarlet flowers in the bosom.

We were sitting in a softly lighted corner, and her figure was in relief against a dark curtain.

Her face was oval and olive, with an exquisite mingling of warmth and purity, depth and delicacy, in its tone.


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