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Sample ## Take a look inside THE COUNTESS FANNY A CORNISH SEA PIECE (1856) BY MARJORIE BOWEN HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED LONDON CONTENTS PROLOGUE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXX CHAPTER XXXI CHAPTER XXXII CHAPTER XXXIII EPILOGUE PROLOGUE The one man who might know the truth of this story was the one man who could never speak that truth; yet in old age, when his passions were stilled into a quiet curiosity as to his own youth, he would refer to it with those who had never known the Contessina Francesca Sylvestra Caldini, familiarly named the Countess Fanny. But once, when he mentioned to his grandson Oliver Sellar’s wild accusation against him, the young man asked: “Would it, sir, have been possible—I wonder—in those days—could she have really been there and then have got away? Escaped?” “It was a madman’s suggestion,” was the smiling reply. “But if it had been true, you could never have admitted it, could you, sir? You would have had to lie.” “That is understood. In those days, as you call them, a woman’s reputation——” The old man broke off. “One’s sense of duty, too——” The young man laughed suddenly. “Of course it isn’t possible, and no one could have done it—kept such a secret—a whole lifetime.” The old man smiled sadly. “Don’t you think so?” was his slow reply. THE COUNTESS FANNY CHAPTER I With her own hand, and an air of ceremony, the lady unlocked her jewel-case, took out the parure, and placed it on her… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-countess-fanny) The sample continues in the full work. 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