Esther Chamberlain was the author of The Coast of Chance (1908) with her sister Lucia Chamberlain, who wrote The Other Side of the Door (1909). "Flora Gilsey stood on the threshold of her diningroom. She had turned her back on it. She swayed forward. Her bare arms were lifted. Her hands lightly caught the molding on either side of the door. She was looking intently into the mirror at the other end of the hall. All the lights in the dining- room were lit, and she saw herself rather keenly set against their brilliance. The straightheld head, the lifted arms, the short, slender waist, the long, long sweep of her skirts made her seem taller than she actually was; and the strong, bright growth of her hair and the vivacity of her face made her seem more deeply colored. "