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Prologue

IN LIFE, ELIZABETH ADORA HOLLAND WAS KNOWN not only for…

One

“THEY HAVE ALL BEEN ASKING FOR YOU,” LOUISA Holland told…

Two

DIANA HOLLAND SAW HER MOTHER ASCEND THE twisting marble staircase…

Three

“LITTLE BO PEEP. THAT'S TOO PERFECT FOR LIZ,” Penelope Hayes…

Four

HENRY SCHOONMAKER PRETENDED TO STUDY THE piece of paper for…

Five

LINA BROUD REARRANGED HER ELBOWS ON THE SILL and stared…

Six

ELIZABETH, WRAPPED IN THE WHITE SILK KIMONO her father had…

Seven

“THE PAPERS WERE JUST FANTASTIC,” ISAAC PHILLIPS Buck put in…

Eight

SUNDAY WAS ELIZABETH HOLLAND’S SORT OF DAY, which was one…

Nine

ELIZABETH TRIED TO STOP HERSELF FROM PLAYING with the engraved…

Ten

THE HOUSE HAD GROWN SILENT. THERE SEEMED TO be nothing…

Eleven

DIANA DID NOT TAKE THE HAT OFF UNTIL SEVERAL hours…

Twelve

THERE WAS A STRANGE AND SUBDUED MOOD HANGING over the…

Thirteen

IT WAS WELL PAST TWO, AND EVERY CORNER OF THE…

Fourteen

PENELOPE HAYES SMILED TIGHTLY AT THE LITTLE English maid who…

Fifteen

HENRY’S ONE CONSOLATION WAS THAT ETIQUETTE was very clear…

Sixteen

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?”

Seventeen

ELIZABETH HAD MANAGED NOT TO LEAVE HER ROOM all morning…

Eighteen

“WAIT!” DIANA YELLED AS SHE DARTED OVER RED-AND-WHITE gingham tablecloths…

Nineteen

ELIZABETH HEARD THE PEALING LAUGHTER OF HER younger sister and…

Twenty

PENELOPE HAYES GRIPPED HER BOSTON TERRIER, Robber, as she read…

Twenty One

“COME ON, RINGMASTER!” CRIED TEDDY CUTTING, shaking his fist in…

Twenty Two

DIANA WAS ALMOST DOZING OFF IN THE STUFFY private room…

Twenty Three

LINA HOVERED IN THE FOYER OF THE HOLLAND house, hoping…

Twenty Four

“SO TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT?”

Twenty Five

SITTING IN THE BALLROOM OF THE WALDORF-ASTORIA hotel felt…

Twenty Six

PENELOPE HAD DONE IT DOZENS OF TIMES BEFORE. She pulled…

Twenty Seven

ELIZABETH HAD LEFT HER PATIENCE SOMEWHERE in the riotous streets…

Twenty Eight

LINA FOUND THE NOTE IN THE TOP DRAWER OF WILL’S…

Twenty Nine

THE FIREWORKS WERE STILL ECHOING OFF THE brick façades of…

Thirty

HENRY WAS AWAKENED BY THE ROUGH SWATTING of a broadsheet…

Thirty One

TWO DAYS OF PARADES AND PARTIES HAD DEPLETED New York,…

Thirty Two

THE RESENTMENT AND RAGE THAT LINA FELT FOR her mistress…

Thirty Three

DIANA WATCHED AS HER AUNT EDITH TURNED down the hall…

Thirty Four

AS SHE ALWAYS DID ON ANY REALLY IMPORTANT day, Penelope…

Thirty Five

THE AFTERNOON OF HER FIRST FULL DAY OF FREEDOM, Lina…

Thirty Six

ELIZABETH WOKE EARLY ON TUESDAY AND COULD not fall back…

Thirty Seven

WHEN LINA WOKE, SHE FOUND HERSELF IN A COLD sweat.

Thirty Eight

“THE GREATEST WEDDING OF THE NINETEENTH century,’” Penelope spat as…

Thirty Nine

“SO IT WAS NINE AT NIGHT!” DIANA EXCLAIMED AS Henry…

Forty

THAT NIGHT ELIZABETH DREAMED SHE WAS IN a faraway part…

Forty One

“WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?” DIANA SAID, GLOWING with joy as…

Forty Two

IT WAS NINE THIRTY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND Elizabeth found…

Forty Three

DIANA HAD BEEN STANDING STILL IN HER ROOM for well…

Forty Four

ON THURSDAY MORNING, LINA ROUSED HERSELF AND chose a dark-colored…

Forty Five

“IT IS SHOCKING, UNCONSCIONABLY SHOCKING, THAT there is no sign…

Forty Six

DIANA HOLLAND HELD STILL AS CLAIRE CAREFULLY brushed and separated…



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