TO
THREE FRIENDS IN CALIFORNIA
CONTENTS
[V. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT]
[VI. WHEN THE TABLES WERE TURNED]
[IX. THE LAST ACT OF THE GOLD BAG COMEDY]
[X. WHEN ANGELA WENT SIGHTSEEING]
[XII. THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF MAKE-BELIEVE]
[XIII. FOR THE SAKE OF DRAMATIC EFFECT]
[XIV. THE MYSTERY OF SAN MIGUEL]
[XV. THE WISE BIRD IN THE DARK]
[XX. THE DOOR WITH THE RED LABEL]
[XXIV. THE BEST THING IN HER LIFE]
[XXVI. AN INVITATION FROM CARMEN]
[XXVIII. THE DARK CLOUD IN THE CRYSTAL]
[XXIX. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS]
[XXX. THE MAKING OF A GENTLEMAN]
[XXXI. THE BREAKING OF THE SPELL]
[XXXII. AN END—AND A BEGINNING]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
["Nick thought her adorable in her gray motor bonnet"]
["Santa Barbara Mission, with its history and romance"]
["Angela was enchanted with the peninsula of Monterey"]
["They weren't trees, but people, either nymphs or witches"]
["The world was a sea, billowing with mountains"]