
PROLOGUE
THE PIPER
THE FIRST-BORN
THE DESERTED COTTAGE
PETER TAKES A RESIDENCE
THE SOUL OF A WOMAN
AN OLD GENERAL
A WONDERFUL OFFER
CHÂTEAUX EN ESPAGNE
A REQUEST
A newly freed man steps out of the bleak stone walls that held him for three long years, his mind buzzing with the sudden, exhilarating taste of liberty. As dawn paints the countryside in fresh greens and gold, he walks along a country road, the world around him alive with blooming daffodils and shy daisies, while two sealed letters sit heavy in his pocket—one from a stern benefactor, the other from a woman whose handwriting trembles with delicate longing.
The story follows his tentative steps toward an uncertain future, balancing the practical concerns of survival with the pull of a romance that has lingered in silence. Through his quiet reflections and the quiet hum of the sea he once watched from a cell, the narrative explores the fragile hope of redemption and the quiet power of a single feather‑light promise.
Set against a vivid coastal backdrop, the early chapters weave together themes of confinement, renewal, and the tentative opening of a heart that has long been locked away.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (314K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2020-08-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1888–1978
Remembered today mainly through her close connection to Katherine Mansfield, this English writer published fiction under the name LM and later wrote a personal memoir of Mansfield drawn from decades of friendship.
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