Diana of the Crossways George Meredith Diana of the Crossways Table of Contents Diana of the Crossways.............................................................................................................................................1 George Meredith............................................................................................................................................1 VOL. I.........................................................................................................................................................................2 CHAPTER I. OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINE.............................................2 CHAPTER II. AN IRISH BALL.................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER III. THE INTERIOR OF MR. REDWORTH AND THE EXTERIOR OF MR. SULLIVAN SMITH...................................................................................................................................17 CHAPTER IV. CONTAINING HINTS OF DIANA'S EXPERIENCES AND OF WHAT THEY LED TO...............................................................................................................................................................22 CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE SCRUPULOUS GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TOO LATE..........28 CHAPTER VI. THE COUPLE....................................................................................................................33 CHAPTER VII. THE CRISIS......................................................................................................................37 CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH IS EXHIBITED HOW A PRACTICAL MAN AND A DIVINING WOMAN LEARN TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.................................................................................41 CHAPTER IX. SHOWS HOW A POSITION OF DELICACY FOR A LADY AND GENTLEMAN WAS MET IN SIMPLE FASHION WITHOUT HURT TO EITHER......................................................47 CHAPTER X. THE CONFLICT OF THE NIGHT.....................................................................................53 CHAPTER XI. RECOUNTS THE JOURNEY IN A CHARIOT, WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIALOGUE, AND A SMALL INCIDENT ON THE ROAD...................................................................56 CHAPTER XII. BETWEEN EMMA AND DIANA...................................................................................60 CHAPTER XIII. TOUCHING THE FIRST DAYS OF HER PROBATION.............................................64 CHAPTER XIV. GIVING GLIMPSES OF DIANA UNDER HER CLOUD BEFORE THE WORLD AND OF HER FURTHER APPRENTICESHIP........................................................................................68 CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCES THE HON. PERCY DACIER................................................................74 VOL. II......................................................................................................................................................................79 CHAPTER I. TREATS OF A MIDNIGHT BELL, AND OF A SCENE OF EARLY MORNING...........79 CHAPTER II. "THE PRINCESS EGERIA."..............................................................................................87 CHAPTER III. THE AUTHORESS............................................................................................................92 CHAPTER IV. A DRIVE IN SUNLIGHT AND A DRIVE IN MOONLIGHT.........................................97 CHAPTER V. DIANA'S NIGHT−WATCH IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH......................................101 CHAPTER VI. "THE YOUNG MINISTER OF STATE.".......................................................................109 CHAPTER VII. BETWEEN DIANA AND DACIER: THE WIND EAST OVER BLEAK LAND.......115 CHAPTER VIII. RECORDS A VISIT TO DIANA FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GOOD WOMEN...................................................................................................................................................121 CHAPTER IX. INDICATES A SOUL PREPARED FOR DESPERATION...........................................127 CHAPTER X. ONCE MORE THE CROSSWAYS AND A CHANGE OF TURNINGS.......................130 CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH A DISAPPOINTED LOVER RECEIVES A MULTITUDE OF LESSONS.................................................................................................................................................136 CHAPTER XII. CONTAINS MATTER FOR SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSION........................................143 CHAPTER XIII. DIALOGUE ROUND THE SUBJECT OF A PORTRAIT, WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF THE TASK FOR DIANA........................................................................................151 VOL. III...................................................................................................................................................................159 CHAPTER I. SHOWS THE APPROACHES OF THE POLITICAL AND THE DOMESTIC CRISIS IN COMPANY............................................................................................................................159 CHAPTER II. IN WHICH THERE IS A TASTE OF A LITTLE DINNER AND AN AFTERTASTE..........................................................................................................................................167 CHAPTER III. A CHAPTER CONTAINING GREAT POLITICAL NEWS AND THEREWITH AN INTRUSION OF THE LOVE−GOD.................................................................................................172 i Diana of the Crossways Table of Contents Diana of the Crossways CHAPTER IV. WHEREIN WE BEHOLD A GIDDY TURN AT THE SPECTRAL CROSSWAYS....176 CHAPTER V. EXHIBITS THE SPRINGING OF A MINE IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.................180 CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH IT IS DARKLY SEEN HOW THE CRIMINAL'S JUDGE MAY BE LOVE'S CRIMINAL................................................................................................................................183 CHAPTER VII. REVEALS HOW THE TRUE HEROINE OF ROMANCE COMES FINALLY TO HER TIME OF TRIUMPH.......................................................................................................................189 CHAPTER VIII. IS CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE HEARTLESSNESS OF WOMEN WITH BRAINS....................................................................................................................................................195 CHAPTER IX. AN EXHIBITION OF SOME CHAMPIONS OF THE STRICKEN LADY..................201 CHAPTER X. CONVALESCENCE OF A HEALTHY MIND DISTRAUGHT.....................................207 CHAPTER XI. OF NATURE WITH ONE OF HER CULTIVATED DAUGHTERS AND A SHORT EXCURSION IN ANTICLIMAX..............................................................................................211 CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH WE SEE NATURE MAKING OF A WOMAN A MAID AGAIN, AND A THRICE WHIMSICAL...............................................................................................................216 CHAPTER XIII. CONTAINS A REVELATION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TIGRESS IN DIANA....222 CHAPTER XIV. THE PENULTIMATE: SHOWING A FINAL STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY AND RUN INTO HARNESS............................................................................................................................226 CHAPTER XV. NUPTIAL CHAPTER; AND OF HOW A BARELY WILLING WOMAN WAS LED TO BLOOM WITH THE NUPTIAL SENTIMENT.......................................................................232 ii Diana of the Crossways George Meredith This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • VOL. I. • CHAPTER I. OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINE. • CHAPTER II. AN IRISH BALL. • CHAPTER III. THE INTERIOR OF MR. REDWORTH AND THE EXTERIOR OF MR. SULLIVAN SMITH. • CHAPTER IV. CONTAINING HINTS OF DIANA'S EXPERIENCES AND OF WHAT THEY LED TO. • CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE SCRUPULOUS GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TOO LATE. • CHAPTER VI. THE COUPLE. • CHAPTER VII. THE CRISIS. • CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH IS EXHIBITED HOW A PRACTICAL MAN AND A DIVINING WOMAN LEARN TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER. • CHAPTER IX. SHOWS HOW A POSITION OF DELICACY FOR A LADY AND GENTLEMAN WAS MET IN SIMPLE FASHION WITHOUT HURT TO EITHER. • CHAPTER X. THE CONFLICT OF THE NIGHT. • CHAPTER XI. RECOUNTS THE JOURNEY IN A CHARIOT, WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIALOGUE, AND A SMALL INCIDENT ON THE ROAD. • CHAPTER XII. BETWEEN EMMA AND DIANA. • CHAPTER XIII. TOUCHING THE FIRST DAYS OF HER PROBATION. • CHAPTER XIV. GIVING GLIMPSES OF DIANA UNDER HER CLOUD BEFORE THE WORLD AND OF HER FURTHER APPRENTICESHIP. • CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCES THE HON. PERCY DACIER. • VOL. II. • CHAPTER I. TREATS OF A MIDNIGHT BELL, AND OF A SCENE OF EARLY MORNING. • CHAPTER II. "THE PRINCESS EGERIA." • CHAPTER III. THE AUTHORESS. • CHAPTER IV. A DRIVE IN SUNLIGHT AND A DRIVE IN MOONLIGHT. • CHAPTER V. DIANA'S NIGHT−WATCH IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH. • CHAPTER VI. "THE YOUNG MINISTER OF STATE." • CHAPTER VII. BETWEEN DIANA AND DACIER: THE WIND EAST OVER BLEAK LAND. • CHAPTER VIII. RECORDS A VISIT TO DIANA FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GOOD WOMEN. • CHAPTER IX. INDICATES A SOUL PREPARED FOR DESPERATION. • CHAPTER X. ONCE MORE THE CROSSWAYS AND A CHANGE OF TURNINGS. • CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH A DISAPPOINTED LOVER RECEIVES A MULTITUDE OF LESSONS. • CHAPTER XII. CONTAINS MATTER FOR SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSION. • CHAPTER XIII. DIALOGUE ROUND THE SUBJECT OF A PORTRAIT, WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF THE TASK FOR DIANA. • VOL. III. Diana of the Crossways 1 Diana of the Crossways • CHAPTER I. SHOWS THE APPROACHES OF THE POLITICAL AND THE DOMESTIC CRISIS IN COMPANY. • CHAPTER II. IN WHICH THERE IS A TASTE OF A LITTLE DINNER AND AN AFTERTASTE. • CHAPTER