AUTHOR OF "THE GARDEN OF A COMMUTER'S WIFE," "PEOPLE OF THE WHIRLPOOL," "THE OPEN WINDOW," ETC.

WITH FRONTISPIECE
BY THE KINNEYS

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1909
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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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Copyright, 1909,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published July, 1909. Reprinted
July, 1909.

Norwood Press

J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.


To
E. C. S.
IN REMEMBRANCE


Poppea glanced wistfully across the room and then slipped out through one of the long windows