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Second Thoughts Best
An engagement is jeopardized by the couple's conflicting values and attitudes towards love and duty.
The Bridal Ring
Arabella, a young woman of particular musical talent and beauty, becomes engaged to Wingfield Clayborne. Clayborne falls out of love with her and requests the ring back. Arabella takes literally the vow she gave Clayborne and returns the ring only…
The Little Mendicants
The narrator recounts a time in which her neighbor, Mrs. Devon, describes her charitable attention to local Irish Immigrants. While Mrs. Devon's charity is lauded, suspicion arises over the honesty of those she is serving. Questions form over the…
Truth Versus Fiction
The narrator is encouraged to abandon fiction and to write about real life, and tells the stories of two village women who passed in the previous year.
Was it Providence?
The narrator provides several examples of people who died, and questions whether their deaths should be attributed to God's will or human actions.