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The Time of Roses
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16 Chapters
Chapter 1 HOME AT LAST.
Chapter 2 THE LITTLE MUMMY'S ARRANGEMENTS.
Chapter 3 A STARTLING MEETING.
Chapter 4 AN EVIL GENIUS.
Chapter 5 MAURICE TREVOR.
Chapter 6 MRS. AYLMER'S STRATEGY.
Chapter 7 THE CHAINS BEGIN TO FRET.
Chapter 8 BERTHA'S QUANDARY.
Chapter 9 A TEMPTING OFFER.
Chapter 10 THE LITTLE MUMMY'S CURIOSITY.
Chapter 11 FLORENCE'S GOOD ANGEL.
Chapter 12 ALONE IN LONDON.
Chapter 13 A WEARY WAIT.
Chapter 14 A BLUNT QUESTION.
Chapter 15 EDITH FRANKS.
Chapter 16 ON THE BRINK OF AN ABYSS.
Chapter 17 NEARER AND NEARER.
Chapter 18 A VESTIGE OF HOPE.
Chapter 19 IN THE BALANCE.
Chapter 20 ROSE VIEW.
Chapter 21 AN AWKWARD POSITION.
Chapter 22 THE STORY ACCEPTED.
Chapter 23 BERTHA'S JOY.
Chapter 24 TREVOR ASKS BERTHA'S ADVICE.
Chapter 25 TREVOR'S RESOLVE.
Chapter 26 AT AYLMER'S COURT.
Chapter 27 BERTHA'S SECRET.
Chapter 28 A SMILING WORLD.
Chapter 29 ALMOST BETRAYED.
Chapter 30 THE TELEGRAM.
Chapter 31 BERTHA WRITES THE ESSAY.
Chapter 32 TREVOR AND FLORENCE.
Chapter 33 A TETE-A-TETE.
Chapter 34 MAURICE REBELS.
Chapter 35 THE ESSAY AROUSES CRITICISM.
Chapter 36 A LETTER FROM HOME.
Chapter 37 TREVOR PROPOSES TO FLORENCE.
Chapter 38 AT THE RECEPTION.
Chapter 39 AN ADMIRABLE ARRANGEMENT.
Chapter 40 IS IT YES OR NO
Chapter 41 THE LITTLE MUMMY IN LONDON.
Chapter 42 BERTHA KEYS DEFEATED.
Chapter 43 MRS. AYLMER'S WILL.
Chapter 44 BERTHA CHANGES HER TONE.
Chapter 45 ALL THE ROSES ARE DEAD.
Chapter 46 A DENOUEMENT.
Chapter 47 FINIS.
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Chapter 16 ON THE BRINK OF AN ABYSS.

Florence sat for a long time with the manuscript of Bertha's story on her lap. Having read the letter once, she did not trouble herself to read it again. It was the sort of letter Bertha always wrote-the letter which meant temptation, the letter which seemed to drag its victim to the edge of an abyss.

Florence said to herself: "Shall I read the

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