The heel of Achilles

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THE HEEL OF ACHILLES
BY E. M. DELAFIELD
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1921 All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1921, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and printed. Published June, 1921.
Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
To YOÉ: my sister, and always my greatest friend.
“ Provinces twain o’er the land held sway, and the country was ruled by twain,
I made the laws, as King, but you, as Premier, revoked them again.
You were my faithful A.D.C., when I was the Captain bold,