ORIOLE’S DAUGHTER _NEW LIBRARY NOVELS._ THE HEAVENLY TWINS. By SARAH GRAND, Author of ‘Ideala,’ etc. In 3 vols. ‘Every page is rife with wit and wisdom.’ _Daily Telegraph._ KITTY’S FATHER. By FRANK BARRETT, Author of ‘The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane,’ etc. In 3 vols. ‘Mr. Barrett has the true gift of the story-teller.’ _Speaker._ THE O’CONNORS OF BALLINAHINCH. By Mrs. HUNGERFORD, Author of ‘Molly Bawn,’ etc. In 1 vol. 6s. ‘The humour of the book is delicious.’--_Daily Telegraph._ AVENGED ON SOCIETY. By H. F. WOOD, Author of ‘The Englishman of the Rue Cain,’ etc. In 1 vol. 6s. ‘Powerfully written and deeply interesting.’ _Manchester Examiner._ LONDON: WM. HEINEMANN, 21, BEDFORD STREET, W.C. ORIOLE’S DAUGHTER _A NOVEL_ BY JESSIE FOTHERGILL AUTHOR OF ‘THE FIRST VIOLIN,’ ‘A MARCH IN THE RANKS,’ ‘PROBATION,’ ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. II. [Illustration] LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1893 [_All rights reserved_] ORIOLE’S DAUGHTER CHAPTER IX. As time went on, and the situation slowly developed itself, Minna was forced into an unwilling, annoyed kind of admiration for Signora Dietrich--the admiration which one must necessarily experience for a woman who has a distinct, rounded purpose in her mind, and who devotes herself with a single aim to the accomplishment of that purpose. Fulvia had availed herself of Minna’s invitation to come and see her, and presented herself almost every day: ostensibly to attend to her birds; in reality, as they both knew, to escape from the fear and constraint and oppression outside, into a more congenial atmosphere. It was here that Minna began to feel that admiration for the signora already spoken of.