treachery-and

Updated: July 7, 2026

Here was an uncle and nephew plotting a young girl's misery-coolly and understandingly consigning her to a lot, which, of all others, is most to be dreaded by a female heart. She little suspected their treachery-and where should she not have first looked for deceit, rather than among those who should have proved her protectors?

Maturin Murray Ballou - The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence