Sworn to silence : or, Aline Rodney's secret by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
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"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.)
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| Author | Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937 |
|---|---|
| Title | Sworn to silence : or, Aline Rodney's secret |
| Original Publication | New York: George Munro's Sons, 1883. |
| Series Title | The sweetheart series |
| Credits | Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American fiction -- 19th century |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Dime novels |
| Subject | Popular literature |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77775 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-77775-7 |
| Release Date | Jan 25, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 358 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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