The Abbess of Vlaye

Epigraph

“HE HAD DISMOUNTED, AND HAD HIS HAT IN HIS HAND”
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Dedication

TO HUGH STOWELL SCOTT,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF LONG SUMMER DAYS SPENT WITH HIM
AMID THE SCENES WHICH SUGGESTED IT,
THIS STORY IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY HIS FRIEND.