LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["To the book!" she said. "To Nina Lempriere's book! You can drink now, George."]

["How any one can be unkind to dumb animals," said Rose, musing.]

["Why do you talk about my heart?"]

[Jane started at this sudden voice of her own thought.]

["And he," she said, "has still a chance if I fail you?"]

[She had wrung it from him, the thing that six days ago he had come to her to say.]

[It was Jinny who lay there, Jinny, his wife.]

["Ah," she cried, "try not to hate me!"]

["George," she said ... "I love you for defending him"]

[She closed her eyes, "I'm quite happy"]

[Jane stood in the doorway, quietly regarding them.]