LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

['One Minute!' she cried.]

['Sir!' Sophia cried, her cheeks burning.]

[Grocott ... stole forward, and ... leant over the flushed features of the unconscious lad.]

['This must be--must be stopped at once!']

['Oh, la! I don't want to stay!' Mrs. Martha cried.]

['He cannot!']

['About the two guineas--you stole this morning.']

[He stood, grinning in his finery, unable to say a word.]

[Lady Betty wasted no time on words. She was already in the water and wading across.]

['Why, Betty,' Sophia cried in astonishment, 'What is it?']

['Do you sit, and I'll make you a posy.']

[Her hair ... hung undressed on her neck. He touched it gently. It was the first caress he had ever given her.]