BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Published by

Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd.

MAIDEN STAKES

BERRY AND CO.

JONAH AND CO.

AND FIVE WERE FOOLISH

AS OTHER MEN ARE

ANTHONY LYVEDEN

VALERIE FRENCH

THE BROTHER OF DAPHNE

THE COURTS OF IDLENESS

THE STOLEN MARCH

Published by

Hodder and Stoughton.

BLOOD ROYAL

BLIND CORNER

PERISHABLE GOODS

ADÈLE AND CO.

FIRE BELOW

SAFE CUSTODY

STORM MUSIC

AND FIVE

WERE FOOLISH

BY

DORNFORD YATES

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON AND MELBOURNE

Printed in Great Britain by C. Tinling & Co., Ltd.,

Liverpool, London, and Prescot.

To

RICHARD,

whose worst fault is

that he is growing up.

CONTENTS

PAGE
SARAH[11]
MADELEINE[41]
KATHARINE[65]
SPRING[99]
ELIZABETH[129]
JO[155]
ATHALIA[183]
ANN[211]
ELEANOR[253]
SUSAN[281]