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The White Sister

The White Sister

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO
SAN FRANCISCO



MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE



THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO



VIOLA ALLEN AS THE WHITE SISTER




The White Sister

By F. Marion Crawford



Author of "The Diva's Ruby," "Saracinesca,"
"In the Palace of the King," etc.





A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

Macmillan Standard Library
All Rights Reserved


Copyright, 1908,
By F. MARION CRAWFORD.

Copyright, 1909,
By F. MARION CRAWFORD.

Copyright, 1909,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.



Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1909. Reprinted May, June, twice, July, August, twice, September, October, November, December, 1909; February, 1910; March, November, 1910; February, 1911; September, 1913.


Contents


CHAPTER I 1
CHAPTER II 20
CHAPTER III 29
CHAPTER IV 58
CHAPTER V 69
CHAPTER VI 91
CHAPTER VII 109
CHAPTER VIII 134
CHAPTER IX 152
CHAPTER X 170
CHAPTER XI 191
CHAPTER XII 207
CHAPTER XIII 224
CHAPTER XIV 241
CHAPTER XV 261
CHAPTER XVI 285
CHAPTER XVII 301
CHAPTER XVIII 316

THE WHITE SISTER


CHAPTER I

'I cannot help it,' said Filmore Durand quietly. 'I paint what I see. If you are not pleased with the likeness, I shall be only too happy to keep it.'

The Marchesa protested. It was only a very small matter, she said, a something in the eyes, or in the angle of the left eyebrow, or in the turn of the throat; she could not tell where it was, but it gave her niece a little air of religious ecstasy that was not natural to her. If the master would only condescend to modify the expression the least bit, all would be satisfactory.

Instead of condescending, Filmore Durand smiled rather indifferently and gave his pallet and brushes to his man, who was already waiting at his elbow to receive them. For the famous American portrait-painter detested all sorts of litter, such as a painting-table, brush-jars, and the like, as much as his great predecessor Lenbach ever did, and when he was at work his old servant brought him a brush, a tube of colour, a knife, or a pencil, as each was needed, from a curtained recess where everything was kept ready and

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