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court-martial—Correspondence with the enemy—She receives a letter from André—Arnold at West Point—Andre starts upon his mission—His dinner song—Failure of the plot—Mrs. Arnold feigns ignorance—Probability of her guilt—Aaron Burr's testimony—Joins her husband in England—She returns to her country—Andre's monument in Westminster Abbey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XV. ADELAIDE PROCTER. | ||
Her precocious childhood—Sends contributions to Charles Dickens—Dickens discovers the author—His delightful letter to her—Her subsequent works—Her charitable labors—Dies of overwork—The Lost Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XVI. LADY BLOOMFIELD. | ||
The duties and compensation of a maid of honor—Routine of the palace—The prudent advice of Lady Ravensworth—Evenings at court—Comic anecdotes—Marriage of Lady Bloomfield—The Sovereigns of Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XVII. THE MOTHER OF VICTOR HUGO. | ||
General Hugo—His courtship in La Vendee—Madame Hugo's person and character—The wedding—The compact with Pierre Foucher—Birth of the children—Their life in Italy—Madame Hugo and her sons in Paris—Their garden and tutor—The journey to Spain—Residence at Madrid—A Spanish school—Restoration of the Bourbons—Victor wins honors at the academy—An evening at the Fouchers'—Death of Madame Hugo—Marriage of the poet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XVIII. LAURA BRIDGMAN. | ||
| Laura's native place—Loses her faculties through scarlet fever—Instructed by her mother—Her removal to the Boston Blind Asylum—Educated by Doctor S. G. Howe—His meth- | ||
