Hi Al. Ok, I now have in front of me a copy of Bailey's "Contrary Mary". It seems to match your description. Here are the first two lines of page 163: future. Resolutely she had conquered all the shiv- ering agony which had swept over her as she had Hope this helps, Andrew On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Al Haines (shaw) wrote:
I have a copy of "Contrary Mary" by Temple Bailey, copyright 1914 by The Penn Publishing Company, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
The words at the end of the first line on page 163 are blurred, the last one beyond recognition. The line they're in reads:
Resolutely she had conquered all(?) the(?) _____ ering agony... (this fragment is the start of the next line on the page)
Can someone who has this book confirm the questioned words above, and fill in the blank?