LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS["She faced him, white as death, looking at him blindly"]["So he sat there and told her all about his commission"]["Never had he tasted such a heavenly banquet"]["Examining the pile of plans, reports, and blue-prints"]["She walked a few paces toward the house, halted, and looked back audaciously"]["Then fell prone, head buried in her tumbled hair"]["'You can't go!' he said"]["And locked in his embrace, she lifted her lips to his"]CHAPTER I