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EBOOK, THE CORYSTON FAMILY ***


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THE CORYSTON FAMILY
A NOVEL
BY
MRS. HUMPHRY WARD
ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH SHIPPEN GREEN
1913



TO
G.M.T. AND J.P.T.


ILLUSTRATIONS

"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CONCOCTING THIS, MOTHER?" _Frontispiece_
THE CONVERSATION DROPPED, JUST AS THE VOICE OF THE ORATOR ROSE TO HIS
PERORATION
AS SHE SAW MARCIA HER FACE LIT UP
THIS MORNING HE FOUND HER ALL GIRLISH GENTLENESS AND APPEAL
"I DO WISH I COULD HELP YOU"
MARCIA WAS SINGING, IN A LOW VOICE AS SHE CAME
HE SAT STILL, STUDYING HIS MOTHER'S STRONG, LINED FACE
NOW SUDDENLY--HERE WAS A FRIEND--ON WHOM TO LEAN


Book I

LADY CORYSTON

[Greek: turannon einai moria kai tonthelein.]


CHAPTER I

The hands of the clock on the front of the Strangers' Gallery were nearing
six. The long-expected introductory speech of the Minister in charge of the
new Land Bill was over, and the leader of the Opposition was on his feet.
The House of Commons was full and excited.
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