A MOMENT OF MADNESS. A MOMENT OF MADNESS, _AND OTHER STORIES_. BY FLORENCE MARRYAT, AUTHOR OF ‘PHYLLIDA,’ ‘FACING THE FOOTLIGHTS,’ ETC., ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES._ VOL. III. LONDON: F. V. WHITE & CO., 31 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, W.C. 1883. [_All Rights reserved._] _CHEAP EDITION OF_ FLORENCE MARRYAT’S POPULAR NOVELS. _Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d._ _At all Booksellers in Town and Country, and at all Railway Bookstalls._ =MY SISTER THE ACTRESS.= By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of ‘A Broken Blossom,’ ‘Phyllida,’ ‘How They Loved Him,’ etc., etc. =PHYLLIDA.= By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of ‘My Sister the Actress,’ ‘A Broken Blossom,’ etc., etc., etc. =THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.= By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of ‘Love’s Conflict,’ ‘Phyllida,’ ‘A Broken Blossom,’ etc., etc., etc. =A BROKEN BLOSSOM.= By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of ‘Phyllida,’ ‘Facing the Footlights,’ etc., etc. F. V. White & Co., 31 Southampton Street, Strand. COLSTON AND SON, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH. [Illustration] _CONTENTS._ PAGE LITTLE WHITE SOULS—_Continued_, 1 STILL WATERS, 21 CHIT-CHAT FROM ANDALUSIA, 59 THE SECRET OF ECONOMY, 75 ‘MOTHER,’ 93 IN THE HEART OF THE ARDENNES, 133 A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHTMARE, 165 THE GHOST OF CHARLOTTE CRAY, 203 [Illustration] [Illustration] LITTLE WHITE SOULS (_Continued_). Ethel calls the woman some opprobrious epithet, but walks away nevertheless, and lets her do as she will; only the next day she writes a full account to Charlie of what she has gone through, and tells him she thinks all the servants are going mad. In which opinion he entirely agrees with her. ‘For “mad” read “bad,”’ he writes back again, ‘and I’m with you. There is no doubt upon the matter, my dear girl. The brutes don’t like the cold, and are playing tricks upon you to try and force you to return to the plains. It is a common thing in this country. Don’t give way to them, but tell them I’ll stop their pay all round if anything unpleasant happens again. I think now you must confess it would have been better to take my advice and try a trip home instead. However, as you are at Mandalinati, don’t come back until your object in going there is accomplished. I wish I could join you, but it is impossible just yet. Jack Lawless is obliged to go north on business, and I have promised to accompany him. Keep up a good heart, dearest, and don’t let those brutes think they have any power to annoy or frighten you.’