Transcriber’s Note: The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. MRS. BELLOC LOWNDES By The Lonely House Good Old Anna Love and Hatred Lilla: A Part of Her Life The Red Cross Barge THE LONELY HOUSE THE MRS. BELLOC LOWNDES AUTHOR OF “LILLA,” “LOVE AND HATRED,” “GOOD OLD ANNA,” “THE CHINK IN THE ARMOUR,” ETC. COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 7 CHAPTER I Lily Fairfield seemed to be rushing along a dark tunnel. It was as if she were being borne on wings. A keen, delicately perfumed air was blowing in her face. Far ahead of her there was a pin-point gleam of bright light—that surely must be the end of the tunnel? But as she swept on and on, farther and farther, the gleam did not grow larger or brighter. It seemed to remain, a white fixed star of light, infinitely far away. Though the experience was
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