Project Gutenberg 2015-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 62 Alexander, Mrs. 1825 1902 Hector, Annie French Hector, Annie Alexander At Bay Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "At Bay" by Mrs. Alexander is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set against a vividly described Paris backdrop and introduces a cast of characters entangled in personal and social dilemmas, particularly focusing on the blossoming relationship between Hugh Glynn and the enchanting Elsie Lambert. The narrative hints at underlying tensions linked to social class and personal history, setting the stage for a complex interplay of romance and mystery. At the start of the story, we meet Hugh Glynn, who arrives in Paris for business. He encounters Lady Gethin, an elderly wealthy woman who is familiar with Travers Deering, a man whose past intrigues Glynn. During an afternoon in Paris, Glynn is captivated by a young woman named Elsie Lambert, reminiscent of someone from Deering's past. The narrative describes an elaborate dinner with various characters that includes exchanges conveying the complexities of their relationships. Elsie exhibits both beauty and a unique charm while expressing her fears and a hint towards a traumatic past, which catalyzes Glynn's protective instincts, suggesting a deeper connection and upcoming challenges intertwined with her upbringing and society's expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 427622 427632 2024-09-20T15:48:00.359243 2023-09-21T12:07:14.062423 text/html text/html 428662 2015-08-16T11:01:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 341785 2015-08-16T11:01:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 368570 2024-09-20T15:48:05.841182 application/epub+zip 375138 2024-09-20T15:48:01.060370 application/epub+zip 223974 2024-09-20T15:48:00.699489 application/epub+zip 509741 2024-09-20T15:48:09.777151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487269 2024-09-20T15:48:05.462201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335992 2022-09-22T13:44:29.843985 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408823 408600 2024-09-20T15:47:59.323225 2023-09-21T12:07:13.242436 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 408623 2015-08-16T11:01:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 158208 2015-08-16T11:01:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 17908 2024-09-20T15:48:09.901156 application/rdf+xml 20211 2024-09-20T15:48:00.788197 image/jpeg 3049 2024-09-20T15:48:00.744197 image/jpeg 341892 2024-09-20T15:48:00.402199 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog