02812cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000440011324500210015726400510017830000470022933600260027633700260030233800360032849000260036450000310039050801480042152015740056953400630214365300370220665300390224365300160228265300230229883000260232185600600234785600430240777775UtSlPG20260610134813.0mcr n260607r20261883utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMiller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.,d1850-193710aSworn to silence 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aThe sweetheart series  aRelease date is 2026-01-25  aDemian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.)  a"Sworn to silence" by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller is a novel written in the late 19th century. It blends gothic mystery and romantic melodrama around Aline Rodney, a high-spirited girl who stumbles into the dangerous secrets of her enigmatic neighbor, Oran Delaney, and his “haunted” mansion. The story promises a tale of secrecy, peril, and forbidden sympathy as a community searches while the heroine is compelled toward an oath that may bind her future.

The opening of the novel finds Aline punished and locked in her room while her family goes to a picnic; in a fit of pique she tosses a book out the window, accidentally striking their aloof neighbor, Oran Delaney. He coaxes her down a ladder to gather flowers and then to lunch in his grand, shuttered house, where terrifying shrieks erupt and a grotesque, veiled figure in a torn bridal gown attacks and stabs her. Aline awakens in a lavish blue room under a nurse’s care, while Delaney—also wounded—refuses to contact her family, insists she remain hidden until healed, and hints she must be sworn to silence before release. As he brings flowers and reads to calm her, the household next door descends into panic: searches spread, her mother falls ill, and the town is gripped by the mystery. A visiting physician, Dr. Anthony, then tells Aline’s sister Effie how a masked stranger abducted him to a grand house to treat a beautiful, unconscious girl who matches Aline’s description, deepening the sense that the truth lies very near yet out of reach. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: George Munro's Sons, 1883  aAmerican fiction -- 19th century  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aDime novels  aPopular literature 0aThe sweetheart series4 uhttps://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:110760940uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77775