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A charming, universally beloved baronet hides a dark, complicated past beneath his genial exterior and seemingly perfect marriage to a much younger woman. When figures from his scandalous youth unexpectedly reappear, the carefully constructed facade of his respectable life begins to crumble. His innocent wife is forced to confront the disturbing realities of the man she idolizes, threatening to destroy their idyllic existence. Tension builds as buried sins demand a reckoning, testing the limits of forgiveness and unconditional love. Experience a profound domestic drama that expertly peels back the layers of public respectability.
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Publish dateApr 8, 2026
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Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.
28CHAPTER XXVII.: AN ADVENTURESS.
2HOW SIR TOM BECAME A GREAT PERSONAGE.
29CHAPTER XXVIII.: THE SERPENT AND THE DOVE.
3CHAPTER II.: HIS WIFE.
30CHAPTER XXIX.: THE CONTESSA'S TRIUMPH.
4CHAPTER III.: OLD MR. TREVOR'S WILL.
31CHAPTER XXX.: DIFFERENT VIEWS.
5CHAPTER IV.: YOUNG MR. TREVOR.
32CHAPTER XXXI.: TWO FRIENDS.
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6CHAPTER V.: CONSULTATIONS.
33CHAPTER XXXII.: YOUTHFUL UNREST.
7CHAPTER VI.: A SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS.
34CHAPTER XXXIII.: THE CONTESSA PREPARES THE WAY.
8CHAPTER VII.: A WARNING.
35CHAPTER XXXIV.: IN SUSPENSE.
9CHAPTER VIII.: THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
36CHAPTER XXXV.: THE DÉBUT.
10CHAPTER IX.: A CHRISTMAS VISIT.
37CHAPTER XXXVI.: THE EVENING AFTER.
11CHAPTER X.: LUCY'S ADVISERS.
38CHAPTER XXXVII.: THE CONTESSA'S TACTICS.
12CHAPTER XI.: AN INNOCENT CONSPIRACY.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII.: DISCOVERIES.
13CHAPTER XII.: THE FIRST STRUGGLE.
40CHAPTER XXXIX.: LUCY'S DISCOVERY.
14CHAPTER XIII.: AN IDLE MORNING.
41CHAPTER XL.: THE DOWAGER'S EXPLANATION.
15CHAPTER XIV.: AN UNWILLING MARTYR.
42CHAPTER XLI.: SEVERED.
16CHAPTER XV.: ON BUSINESS.
43CHAPTER XLII.: LADY RANDOLPH WINDS UP HER AFFAIRS.
17CHAPTER XVI.: AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL.
44CHAPTER XLIII.: THE LITTLE HOUSE IN MAYFAIR.
18CHAPTER XVII.: FOREWARNED.
45CHAPTER XLIV.: THE SIEGE OF LONDON.
19CHAPTER XVIII.: THE VISITORS.
46CHAPTER XLV.: THE BALL.
20CHAPTER XIX.: THE OPENING OF THE DRAMA.
47CHAPTER XLVI.: THE BALL CONTINUED.
21CHAPTER XX.: AN ANXIOUS CRITIC.
48CHAPTER XLVII.: NEXT MORNING.
22CHAPTER XXI.: AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER.
49CHAPTER XLVIII.: THE LAST BLOW.
23CHAPTER XXII.: A PAIR OF FRIENDS.
50CHAPTER XLIX.: THE EXPERIENCES OF BICE.
24CHAPTER XXIII.: THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
51CHAPTER L.: THE EVE OF SORROW.
25CHAPTER XXIV.: THE ORACLE SPEAKS.
52CHAPTER LI.: THE LAST CRISIS.
26CHAPTER XXV.: THE CONTESSA'S BOUDOIR.
53CHAPTER LII.: THE END.
27CHAPTER XXVI.: THE TWO STRANGERS.
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