Sophia: A Romance Read online

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  SOPHIA

  By STANLEY J. WEYMAN

  * * *

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  New York: Longmans, Green, And Co.

  "ONE MINUTE!" SHE CRIED. P. 118.]

  SOPHIA

  A ROMANCE

  BY

  STANLEY J. WEYMAN

  AUTHOR OF "THE CASTLE INN," "A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE," "UNDER THE RED ROBE," "MY LADY ROTHA," ETC.

  _ILLUSTRATED_

  LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK LONDON AND BOMBAY. 1900

  Copyright, 1899 BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN * * * Copyright, 1900 BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN

  TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK

  To

  THE GRACIOUS MEMORY

  OF

  JAMES PAYN

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER

  I. A Little Toad.

  II. At Vauxhall.

  III. The Clock-maker.

  IV. A Discovery.

  V. The World Well Lost.

  VI. A Chair and a Coach.

  VII. In Davies Street.

  VIII. Unmasked.

  IX. In Clarges Row.

  X. Sir Hervey Takes the Field.

  XI. The Tug of War.

  XII. Don Quixote.

  XIII. The Welcome Home.

  XIV. The First Stage.

  XV. A Squire of Dames.

  XVI. The Paved Ford.

  XVII. In the Valley.

  XVIII. King Smallpox.

  XIX. Lady Betty's Fate.

  XX. A Friend In Need.

  XXI. The Strolling Players.

  XXII. 'Tis Go or Swim.

  XXIII. Two Portraits.

  XXIV. Who Plays, Pays.

  XXV. Repentance at Leisure.

  XXVI. A Dragon Disarmed.