Stanton's voyage turns to love and selflessness
Stanton, aboard a steamer to Europe, grapples with love for Esther Thorndyke and a growing conviction that happiness comes from aiding others. A missionary counsels him, revealing his wife is the missing bond, while Stanton learns to seek others' welfare as a path to personal healing across California, India, and Persia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stanton
Stanton
Esther Thorndyke
Hoe Wen
Delhi
Persia
Bagdad
Bhiekall
Europe
India
Stanton Sees Love and Turmoil Across Holy Week
A narrator traces Bagdad Stanton as he traverses North Africa and Europe in a quest guided by a mute director. In Paris Place de la Concorde he recalls a past love seen in a gallery, then confronts a vision of the woman with a white-haired companion in a Bois de Boulogne carriage, leaving his future uncertain.
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Bagdad Stanton
Leama
Jerusalem
Stanton
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
New York
Nia
North Africa
Europe
Place de la Concorde
Spain
Italy
Bagdad
Bois de Boulogne
A Banker's Daughter Shakes a Dream of Home
In Naples a weary Stanton vows to win Esther Thorndike and vows to become worthy of a real wife. He plans to confront Braddon family barriers, slips through Paris intrigue, and envisions a home with Esther as the dream tightens around him. He spots Esther with her father in a Naples garden as the truth of longing meets stark reality.
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Alice
Tnt
Btanton
Seneer Thorndike
Esther Thorné
Pats Perthren
Drooklyn Terry
Susan
Stanton
Sean
New York
Stanstom
Tewien
Sepfather
Esther Thorndike
Thaddeus Braddon
Braddon& Burridge
Braddon & Burridge
Braddon
John Olmstead
Ted
Mr. Braddon
Paris
Saway
Paina
Spain
Italy
America
Chiaja
Bay
Naples
San Martino
Capri
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Robert Stanton
Esther
Thorndike
Pele Hess
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California
Ile
Pacifae
Stainton
Reilé Jyva
Deuce
Asta Stanton
Thia
Aceaperighty Viet, Sy
J.P. Lipdiacott Cay
Impriss Steamer
Bottineau
Anita
Chicago
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