Just before Christmas of 1887, a lady past her twenties, and with a look of discouraged weariness on her thin face, knocked at a house-door in a little street by Lavender Hill. A card in the window gave notice that … Read the rest
Category: The Odd Women
The Odd Women – Chapter I – The Fold and the Shepherd
”So to-morrow, Alice,’ said Dr. Madden, as he walked with his eldest daughter on the coast-downs by Clevedon, ‘I shall take steps for insuring my life for a thousand pounds.’
It was the outcome of a long and intimate conversation. … Read the rest
The Odd Women – Chapter XVI – Health from the Sea
From Herne Hill to St. Peter Port was a change which made of Monica a new creature. The weather could not have been more propitious; day after day of still air and magnificent sky, with temperature which made a brisk … Read the rest
The Odd Women – Chapter XXXI – A New Beginning
Widdowson tried two or three lodgings; he settled at length in a small house at Hampstead; occupying two plain rooms. Here, at long intervals, his friend Newdick came to see him, but no one else. He had brought with him … Read the rest
The Odd Women – Chapter XV – The Joys of Home
Monica and her husband, on leaving the house in Queen’s Road, walked slowly in the eastward direction. Though night had fallen, the air was not unpleasant; they had no object before them, and for five minutes they occupied themselves with … Read the rest
The Odd Women – Chapter XXX – Retreat with Honour
Alighting, on his return to London, at the Savoy Hotel, Barfoot insensibly prolonged his stay there. For the present he had no need of a more private dwelling; he could not see more than a few days ahead; his next … Read the rest
The Odd Women – Chapter XIV – Motives Meeting
When Barfoot made his next evening call Rhoda did not appear. He sat for some time in pleasant talk with his cousin, no reference whatever being made to Miss Nunn; then at length, beginning to fear that he would not … Read the rest
The Odd Women – Chapter XXIX – Confession and Counsel
The sisters did not exchange a word until morning, but both of them lay long awake. Monica was the first to lose consciousness; she slept for about an hour, then the pains of a horrid dream disturbed her, and again … Read the rest
The Odd Women – Chapter XIII – Discord of Leaders
A disappointment awaited him. Miss Barfoot was not well enough to see any one. Had she been suffering long? he inquired. No; it was only this evening; she had not dined, and was gone to her room. Miss Nunn could … Read the rest
The Odd Women – Chapter XXVIII – The Burden of Futile Souls
‘My own dearest love, if I could but describe to you all I have suffered before sitting down to write this letter! Since our last meeting I have not known one hour of quietness. To think that I missed you … Read the rest