Contents

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I. The Intrusion of an Actress[ 1]
II. A Momentous Decision[ 15]
III. Mrs. Baron Decides[ 24]
IV. A Crisis[ 36]
V. Bonnie May Opens the Door[ 46]
VI. Concerning a Frock[ 59]
VII. A Sunday Morning[ 75]
VIII. Still Unclaimed[ 86]
IX. A Disappointing Performance[ 95]
X. The White Elephant[ 110]
XI. How a Conveyance Came for Bonnie May—and How It Went Away [ 121]
XII. Relates To the Playing of Parts[ 137]
XIII. A Mysterious Search Begins[ 146]
XIV. Mr. Addis Receives Support[ 155]
XV. A Question of Reconstruction[ 169]
XVI. Mrs. Thornburg Reveals a Secret[ 184]
XVII. “A Kind of Duel”[ 193]
XVIII. Mrs. Baron Takes Up the Gauntlet[ 202]
XIX. Bonnie May Looks Back[ 218]
XX. Concerning Laughter[ 230]
XXI. An Exit and an Entrance[ 244]
XXII. Baggot’s Play[ 257]
XXIII. Baron Comes Home on a Beer-Dray[ 267]
XXIV. Bonnie May Hides Something[ 279]
XXV. Bonnie May Sees Two Faces at a Window[ 289]
XXVI. A Gathering in the Attic[ 298]
XXVII. What Happened in the Attic[ 310]
XXVIII. After the Curtain Was Lowered[ 321]
XXIX. The Mansion in Shadow[ 331]
XXX. “The Break of Day”[ 339]