BOOKS BY
BOOTH TARKINGTON
ALICE ADAMS
BEASLEY’S CHRISTMAS PARTY
BEAUTY AND THE JACOBIN
CHERRY
CONQUEST OF CANAAN
GENTLE JULIA
HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE
HIS OWN PEOPLE
IN THE ARENA
MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE
PENROD
PENROD AND SAM
RAMSEY MILHOLLAND
SEVENTEEN
THE BEAUTIFUL LADY
THE FASCINATING STRANGER AND OTHER STORIES
THE FLIRT
THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA
THE GUEST OF QUESNAY
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
THE MAN FROM HOME
THE MIDLANDER
THE TURMOIL
THE TWO VANREVELS
WOMEN
COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE &
COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. COPYRIGHT,
1924, 1925, BY BOOTH TARKINGTON.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE
COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
| CONTENTS | ||
| PAGE | ||
| Preamble | ...... | [vii] |
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | Mrs. Dodge and Mrs. Cromwell | [1] |
| II. | A Lady Across the Street | [15] |
| III. | Perversity of a Telephone | [24] |
| IV. | A Great Man’s Wife | [33] |
| V. | One of Mrs. Cromwell’s Daughters | [47] |
| VI. | Sallie Ealing | [63] |
| VII. | Napoleon Was a Little Man | [79] |
| VIII. | Mrs. Dodge’s Only Daughter | [90] |
| IX. | Mrs. Dodge’s Husband | [104] |
| X. | Lily’s Almost First Engagement | [110] |
| XI. | Mrs. Cromwell’s Youngest Daughter | [126] |
| XII. | Her Happiest Hour | [142] |
| XIII. | Heartbreak | [164] |
| XIV. | Mrs. Dodge’s Next-Door Neighbour | [172] |
| XV. | Mrs. Dodge Declines to Tell | [182] |
| XVI. | Mrs. Leslie Braithwaite’s Husband | [206] |
| XVII. | “Dolling” | [216] |
| XVIII. | Lily’s Friend Ada | [223] |
| XIX. | Parents in Darkness | [246] |
| XX. | Damsel Dark, Damsel Fair | [254] |
| XXI. | Mrs. Cromwell’s Niece | [263] |
| XXII. | Wallflower | [275] |
| XXIII. | The Strange Mirror | [290] |
| XXIV. | Transfiguration | [297] |
| XXV. | Glamour Can Be Kept | [309] |
| XXVI. | Desert Sand | [314] |
| XXVII. | Miraculous Accident | [327] |
| XXVIII. | A Public Mockery | [345] |
| XXIX. | Mrs. Cromwell’s Oldest Daughter | [362] |
| XXX. | Mrs. Cromwell’s Sons-in-Law | [400] |
| XXXI. | The Anniversary Dinner | [410] |