CONTENTS.

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I. The Unexpected Happens[13]
II. Across Two Oceans[29]
III. In Beautiful Florence[45]
IV. A New Friend Appears[61]
V. Straws show which Way the Wind Blows[77]
VI. Lucile Sherman[93]
VII. A Startling Disclosure[107]
VIII. Howard's Questionings[123]
IX. The Coming-out Party[139]
X. The Mystery unfolds to Howard[157]
XI. On the Way to Rome[171]
XII. Robert Sumner fights a Battle[189]
XIII. Cupid Laughs[205]
XIV. A Visit to the Sistine Chapel[221]
XV. A Morning in the Vatican[239]
XVI. Poor Barbara's Trouble[259]
XVII. Robert Sumner is Imprudent[279]
XVIII. In Venice[299]
XIX. In a Gondola[317]
XX. Return from Italy[335]
Epilogue: Three Years After[355]