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Glaspell, Susan, 1882-1948

"The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love"

HER VISION
XXIV. LOVE CHALLENGES FATE
XXV. DR. PARKMAN'S WAY
XXVI. OLD-FASHIONED LOVE
XXVII. LEARNING TO BE KARL'S EYES
XXVIII. WITH BROKEN SWORD
XXIX. UNPAINTED MASTERPIECES
XXX. EYES FOR TWO
XXXI. SCIENCE AND SUPER-SCIENCE
XXXII. THE DOCTOR HAS HIS WAY
XXXIII. LOVE'S OWN HOUR
XXXIV. ALMOST DAWN
XXXV. "OH, HURRY--HURRY!"
XXXVI. WITH THE OUTGOING TIDE
PART THREE
XXXVII. BENEATH DEAD LEAVES
XXXVIII. PATCHWORK QUILTS
XXXIX. ASH HEAP AND ROSE JAR
XL. "LET THERE BE LIGHT"
XLI. WHEN THE TIDE CAME IN
XLII. WORK, THE SAVIOUR
XLIII. "AND THERE WAS LIGHT"


THE GLORY OF THE CONQUERED


PART ONE


CHAPTER I

ERNESTINE
She had promised to marry a scientist! It was too overwhelming a thought
to entertain standing there by the window. She sought the room's most
comfortable chair and braced herself to the situation.
If, one month before, a gossiping daughter of Fate had come to her
with--"Shall I tell you something?--_You_ are going to marry a man of
science!"--she would have smiled serenely at Fate's amusing mistake and
responded--"My good friend, it is quite true that great uncertainty
attends this subject.


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