Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=ezkPAAAAQAAJ 2. The dipthong oe is represented by [oe]. A Woman Perfected _By the same Author_ THE ROMANCE OF A MAID OF HONOUR ADA VERNHAM, ACTRESS CURIOS: SOME STRANGE ADVENTURES OF TWO BACHELORS MRS. MUSGRAVE AND HER HUSBAND MISS ARNOTT'S MARRIAGE THE MAGNETIC GIRL CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG LADY THE GARDEN OF MYSTERY UNDER ONE FLAG JOHN LONG, Publisher, London A Woman Perfected By Richard Marsh "Earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected" London John Long Norris Street, Haymarket [_All Rights Reserved_] _First published in_ 1907 Contents CHAPTER I. Stricken. II. The Open Window. III. Little by Little. IV. The Avernian Slope. V. Peter Piper's Popular Pills. VI. Her Love Story. VII. The Puzzle which Donald Lindsay left behind him. VIII. A Philanthropist. IX. The Butler. X. The Earl and the Countess. XI. Robert. XII. In the Wood. XIII. Lovers' Tiffs. XIV. The Parting of the Ways. XV. 'So Early in the Morning.' XVI. GULDENHEIM. XVII. Nora goes. XVIII. Miss Gibb. XIX. A Young Lady in Search of a Living. XX. King Solomon. XXI. Nora Finds Something to do. XXII. Master and Man. XXIII. A Jobbing Secretary. XXIV. Mr. Morgan's Experiences of the Unexpected. XXV. On their Honeymoon. XXVI. An Offer of Friendship. XXVII. A Royal Road to Fortune. XXVIII. To be--or not to be--Postponed. XXIX. In Joseph Oldfield's Flat. XXX. When Thieves fall out. XXXI. Husband and Wife. XXXII. A Forgotten Coat. XXXIII. The Autograph Album. XXXIV. Unto the Light. XXXV. Bread upon the Waters. A Woman Perfected CHAPTER I STRICKEN