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Balcony Stories
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Title: Balcony Stories
Author: Grace E. King
Release Date: March 8, 2004 [EBook #11514]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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BALCONY STORIES
BY
GRACE KING
1892
CONTENTS
THE BALCONY
A DRAMA OF THREE
LA GRANDE DEMOISELLE
MIMI'S MARRIAGE
THE MIRACLE CHAPEL
THE STORY OF A DAY
ANNE MARIE AND JEANNE MARIE
A CRIPPLED HOPE
"ONE OF US"
THE LITTLE CONVENT GIRL
GRANDMOTHER'S GRANDMOTHER
THE OLD LADY'S RESTORATION
A DELICATE AFFAIR
PUPASSE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"WALKING AWAY WITH A SHRUG OF THE SHOULDERS"
"WHERE IS THAT IDIOT, THAT DOLT, THAT SLUGGARD, THAT SNAIL, WITH MY MAIL?"
CHAMPIGNY
"I WEPT, I WEPT, I WEPT"
"HER HEART DROVE HER TO THE WINDOW"
"ALL THAT DAY WAS DESPONDENCY, DEJECTION"
"THIS TIME WE HAVE CAUGHT IT!"
"THE QUIET, DIM-LIGHTED ROOM OF A CONVALESCENT"
"LITTLE MAMMY"
"TO POSE IN ABJECT PATIENCE AND AWKWARDNESS"
THE SISTERS BID HER GOOD-BY
WATCHING A LANDING
"TURNED TO HER DOME