Illustrations

[LADY KITTY BRISTOL][_Frontispiece_]
[LADY TRANMORE AND MARY LYSTER]Facing page [6]
["A SLIM GIRL IN WHITE AT THE FAR END OF THE LARGE ROOM"][44]
[THE FINISHING TOUCHES][200]
["HE GATHERED HER IN HIS ARMS"][278]
"THE ACTRESS PAUSED TO STARE AT LADY KITTY"438
["SHE THOUGHT OF CLIFFE STANDING BESIDE THE DOOR OF THE GREAT HALL"][474]
["HE DREW SOME CHAIRS TOGETHER BEFORE THE FIRE"][556]

PART I

ACQUAINTANCE

"Just oblige me and touch
With your scourge that minx Chloe, but don't hurt her much."