The Invalid The Woman’s Right The Perfect Gift The Parting The Land of Exile The Nightmare The Awakening The Victory The Vision The Inquisitor Fair Play The Place of Sacrifice Where the Giant Hare-bells Grow Tetherstones PART I CHAPTER I THE MACHINE THE MACHINE Twelve deep notes sounded from the clock-tower of the Cathedral, and the Bishop’s secretary dropped her hands from her typewriter and turned her face to the open window with a quick sigh. The Bishop’s garden lay sleeping in the sunshine—the pure white of lilies and royal blue of delphiniums mingling together as the wrought silks on the fringe of an altar-cloth. The age-worn stone of the Cathedral rose beyond it, and the arch of the cloisters gave a glimpse of the quiet burial-ground within. A great cluster of purple stone-crop rioted over one corner of the arch,
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