02620cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000340011324500570014726400510020430000470025533600260030233700260032833800360035450000630039050000310045350502070048450801780069152011930086953400590206265300360212165300270215785600550218485600430223972576UtSlPG20260610134658.0mcr n260607r20241883utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aMarryat, Florence,d1833-189912aA moment of madness, and other stories (vol. 3 of 3) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2024  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aThe first story in this volume begins in volume 2, #72575.  aRelease date is 2024-01-010 aLittle white souls [concluded] -- Still waters -- Chit-chat from Andalusia -- The secret of economy -- 'Mother' -- In the heart of the Ardennes -- A midsummer's nightmare -- The ghost of Charlotte Cray.  aEmmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"A Moment of Madness, and Other Stories" (Vol. 3 of 3) by Florence Marryat is a collection of fictional short stories written during the late 19th century. The narratives often revolve around intense emotional situations, relationships, and societal observations, portraying the complexities of human behavior and interactions. The stories likely feature a variety of characters navigating the intricacies of life, love, and morality in Victorian society.  The opening of the collection introduces us to Ethel Dunstan, who is currently unsettled in a castle with her young daughter, Katie, due to unsettling behavior from their servants, which Ethel perceives as madness. Ethel expresses bitterness over her husband’s absence, fearing his infidelity with a flirtatious acquaintance, Mrs. Lawless. As tensions rise, Ethel faces mysterious events surrounding her child's care and hears unsettling ghost stories about the castle’s past, including a tale of a murdered English woman and her child. This suspenseful beginning establishes themes of jealousy, fear, and the supernatural that likely permeate the subsequent stories in the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: F. V. White & Co., 1883  aEnglish fiction -- 19th century  aShort stories, English4 uhttps://archive.org/details/momentofmadnesso03lean40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72576