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The Merivale banks

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Two neighboring banks—a prominent National institution and a modest private bank managed by the Grey family—anchor a small-town drama of class tension, romance, and financial crisis. A proud local magnate upholds social hierarchies while his son forms a close attachment to the banker's spirited daughter, bridging wealth and modest means. When the private bank's fortunes are threatened, the town confronts panic, legal sessions, and personal trials that expose hidden pasts and loyalties. Courage, unveiled secrets, and shifting circumstances carry characters through danger, travel, and moral reckonings toward a reconfiguration of relationships and social standing.

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Title: The Merivale banks

Author: Mary Jane Holmes

Illustrator: Gordon Grant

Release date: December 18, 2024 [eBook #74929]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: G. W. Dillingham company, 1900

Credits: Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

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“He has four thousand more we can have.”

Frontispiece—Page 77.

The Merivale Banks

BY
MARY J. HOLMES
G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1900, 1903.
By MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.
[All rights reserved.]
The Merivale Banks.      Issued September, 1903.