A man lies dead on a beach, another falls backwards, and a third stands over them.
“I plucked him off the duke and flung himon his back on the sands,”
The Indiscretion of the Duchess
 Being a Story Concerning TwoLadies, a Nobleman, and a Necklace
BY
Anthony Hope
AUTHOR OF “THE PRISONER OF ZENDA,” ETC.
NEW YORK
1894
 Contents.
  1. A Multitude of GoodReasons
  2. The Significance of aSupper-Table
  3. The Unexpected that AlwaysHappened
  4. The Duchess Defines HerPosition
  5. A StrategicRetreat
  6. A Hint of SomethingSerious
  7. Heard through theDoor
  8. I Find that ICare
  9. An UnparalleledInsult
  10. Left on MyHands
  11. A Very CleverScheme
  12. As a ManPossessed
  13. A TimelyTruce
  14. For an EmptyBox
  15. I Choose MyWay
  16. The Inn nearPontorson
  17. A ReluctantIntrusion
  18. A Strange GoodHumor
  19. UnsummonedWitnesses
  20. The Duke’sEpitaph
  21. A PassingCarriage
  22. From Shadow toSunshine
THE INDISCRETION OF THE DUCHESS.
 Chapter I.
A Multitude of Good Reasons.
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In accordance with many most excellentprecedents, I might begin by claiming the sympathy due to an orphanalone in the world. I might even summon my unguided childhood andthe absence of parental training to excuse my faults and extenuatemy indiscretions. But the sympathy which I should thus gain wouldbe achieved, I fear, by something very like false pretenses. For mysolitary state sat very lightly upon me—the sad events whichcaused it being softened by the influence of t                        
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