LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| "Hildegarde danced the Virginia Reel with the Colonel" | [Frontispiece] |
| Bell's Letter | [14] |
| "Mrs. Delansing scrutinised her as she came through the long room" | [50] |
| "'Hildegarde Grahame, in the name of all that's wonderful!'" | [91] |
| "'Consider the beauty of your offspring'" | [140] |
| Die edle musica | [177] |
| On Jimmy's Pond | [223] |
| "A little figure . . . stood out clear against the dark firs" | [274] |