CONTENTS

PART I
PAGE
Ethel and Helia[1]
CHAPTER
IAfter the Quat’z-Arts Ball[3]
IIThe Fata Morgana[17]
IIIRemembering the Golden Days[29]
IVWhen Phil Came to Paris[51]
VAn Initiation into Art[65]
VIThe Hanging Gardens of Paris[83]
VIIA Rude Awakening[99]
VIIIThe End of the Guitar[102]
IXAlas! Poor Helia![117]
XMiss Ethel Rowrer of Chicago[125]
XIAn Apartment in the Latin Quarter[133]
XIIEthel’s Idea of a Man[139]
PART II
More than Queen[151]
IWanted—a Duchess![153]
IIA Parisian Début[167]
IIIPhil, Champion of Miss Rowrer[185]
IV’Twixt Dog and Poet [196]
VLittle Sister of a Star [201]
VIThe Old, Old Story [215]
VIICaracal’s Narrow Escape [232]
VIIIA Queen for Kings [249]
PART III
Youthful Follies[269]
ITeuff-teuff! Teuff! Brrr! [271]
IIIn Camp [284]
IIIGrand’mère versus Grandma [301]
IVThrough the Country Fair [317]
VA Banquet on the Sawdust [330]
VIWas Poufaille Right? [347]
VII“A True Heart Loves but Once”[360]
PART IV
Conscience[377]
IOn the Blue Sea [379]
IIEthel’s Victory [392]
IIIA Castle of the Adriatic [398]
IVThe Little Duke [410]
VVisiting the Sorceress [417]
VIThe Fight [431]
VIIThe Fateful Day Begins [444]
VIIIFata Morgana to the Rescue! [452]
IXStricken in Triumph [464]
X“On Your Knees!” [478]