CONTENTS

Chapter Page
IFELICITY[7]
IITHE TRIALS OF WOODVILLE[23]
IIIA LOVE SCENE[32]
IV"AUNT WILLIAM"[40]
VARTHUR MERVYN AT HOME[55]
VIAN AGREEABLE RATTLE[70]
VIITHE NIGHT OF THE PARTY[82]
VIIIFELICITY AND HER CLIENTS[100]
IXA DINNER AT WILLIS'S[112]
XTHE THIN END OF THE WEDGE[125]
XISAVILE AND SYLVIA[138]
XIIAT THE STUDIO[148]
XIIIAT MRS. OGILVIE'S[155]
XIVLORD CHETWODE[166]
XVMADAME TUSSAUD'S[175]
XVIA GOLDEN DAY[189]
XVIISAVILE TAKES A LINE[195]
XVIIIFELICITY'S ENGAGEMENTS[202]
XIXTHE VELVET CASE[216]
XXZERO, THE SOOTHSAYER[232]
XXI"THE OTHER GIRL"[246]
XXIISAVILE AND JASMYN[255]
XXIIISAVILE AND BERTIE[261]
XXIVTHE EXPLANATION[267]
XXVTHE QUARREL[274]
XXVIVERA'S ADVENTURE[282]
XXVIIAUNT WILLIAM'S DAY[292]
XXVIIITHE TWELFTH HOUR[302]

CHAPTER I

FELICITY

"Hallo, Greenstock! Lady Chetwode in?"

"Her ladyship is not at home, sir. But she is sure to see you, Master Savile," said the butler, with a sudden and depressing change of manner, from correct impassibility to the conventional familiarity of a patronising old retainer.

"Dressing, eh? You look all right Greenstock."