The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century

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Au­thor: Flo­rence L. Bar­clay

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The White Ladies of Worces­ter

A Ro­mance of the Twelfth Cen­tu­ry

by

Flo­rence L. Bar­clay

Au­thor of “The Rosary,” “The Mis­tress of Shen­stone,” etc.

G. P. Put­nam's Sons

New York and Lon­don

The Knicker­bock­er Press

1917

COPY­RIGHT, 1917

BY

FLO­RENCE L. BAR­CLAY

The Knicker­bock­er Press, New York

TO

FAITH­FUL HEARTS

ALL THE WORLD OVER

CON­TENTS

CHAP­TER

I. THE SUB­TER­RANEAN WAY II. SIS­TER MARY ANTONY DIS­COURS­ES III. THE PRI­ORESS PASS­ES IV. “GIVE ME TEN­DER­NESS,” SHE SAID V. THE WAY­WARD NUN VI. THE KNIGHT OF THE BLOODY VEST VII. THE MADON­NA IN THE CLOIS­TER VI­II. ON THE WINGS OF THE STORM IX. THE PRI­ORESS SHUTS THE DOOR X. “I KNOW YOU FOR A MAN” XI. THE YEARS ROLL BACK XII. ALAS, THE PITY OF IT! XI­II. “SEND HER TO ME!” XIV. FAREWELL HERE, AND NOW XV. “SHARP­EN THE WITS OF MARY ANTONY” XVI. THE ECHO OF WILD VOIC­ES XVII. THE DIM­NESS OF MARY ANTONY XVI­II. IN THE CATHE­DRAL CRYPT XIX. THE BISH­OP PUTS ON HIS BIRET­TA XX. HOL­LY AND MISTLE­TOE XXI. SO MUCH FOR SERAPHINE XXII. WHAT BROTH­ER PHILIP HAD TO TELL XXI­II. THE MID­NIGHT AR­RIVAL XXIV. THE POPE'S MAN­DATE XXV. MARY ANTONY RE­CEIVES THE BISH­OP XXVI. LOVE NEV­ER FAILETH XXVII. THE WOM­AN AND HER CON­SCIENCE XXVI­II. THE WHITE STONE XXIX. THE VI­SION OF MARY ANTONY XXX. THE HARD­ER PART XXXI. THE CALL OF THE CURLEW XXXII. A GREAT RE­COV­ERY AND RESTORA­TION XXXI­II. MARY ANTONY HOLDS THE PORT XXXIV. MO­RA DE NORELLE XXXV. IN THE AR­BOUR OF GOLD­EN ROS­ES XXXVI. STRONG TO ACT; ABLE TO EN­DURE XXXVII. WHAT MOTH­ER SUB-​PRI­ORESS KNEW XXXVI­II. THE BISH­OP KEEPS VIG­IL XXXIX. THE “SPLEN­DID KNIGHT” XL. THE HEART OF A NUN XLI. WHAT THE BISH­OP RE­MEM­BERED XLII. THE WARN­ING XLI­II. MO­RA MOUNTS TO THE BAT­TLE­MENTS XLIV. “I LOVE THEE” XLV. THE SONG OF THE THRUSH XLVI. “HOW SHALL I LET THEE GO?” XLVII. THE BISH­OP is TAK­EN UN­AWARES XLVI­II. A STRANGE CHANCE XLIX. TWICE DE­CEIVED L. THE SIL­VER SHIELD LI. TWO NO­BLE HEARTS GO DIF­FER­ENT WAYS LII. THE AN­GEL-​CHILD LI­II. ON THE HOLY MOUNT LIV. THE UN­SEEN PRES­ENCE LV. THE HEART OF A WOM­AN LVI. THE TRUE VI­SION LVII. “I CHOOSE TO RIDE ALONE” LVI­II. THE WAR­RIOR HEART LIX. THE MADON­NA IN THE HOME LX. THE CON­VENT BELL

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