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The Grey Woman and other Tales, by
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Title: The Grey Woman and other Tales
Author: Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell
Release Date: April 29, 2009 [EBook #28636]
Language: English
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THE GREY WOMAN AND OTHER TALES.
MRS. GASKELL
SMITH ELDER & Co 65 CORNHILL 1865]
THE GREY WOMAN. AND OTHER TALES.
BY MRS. GASKELL,
AUTHOR OF "MARY BARTON," "NORTH AND SOUTH," "SYLVIA'S LOVERS," "COUSIN PHILLIS," "CRANFORD," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED EDITION.
LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. M.DCCC.LXV.
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CONTENTS. PAGE
THE GREY WOMAN 5 CURIOUS IF TRUE 82 SIX WEEKS AT HEPPENHEIM 105 LIBBIE MARSH'S THREE ERAS 158 CHRISTMAS STORMS AND SUNSHINE 197 HAND AND HEART 213 BESSY'S TROUBLES AT HOME 240 DISAPPEARANCES 267
THE GREY WOMAN.
PORTION I.
There is a mill by the Neckar-side, to which many people resort for coffee, according to the fashion which is almost national in Germany. There is nothing particularly attractive in the situation of this mill; it is on the Mannheim (the flat and unromantic) sid