CONTENTS
| [PART I.—THE OPENING ROUND] | ||
|---|---|---|
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I.] | Two Haphazards | [3] |
| [II.] | The Outcome | [14] |
| [III.] | Ralph and April | [23] |
| [IV.] | A Kiss | [35] |
| [V.] | A Potential Diplomat | [44] |
| [VI.] | April’s Looking-Glass | [59] |
| [VII.] | A Sorry Business | [67] |
| [PART II.—THE RIVAL FORCES] | ||
| [VIII.] | A Fortunate Meeting | [99] |
| [IX.] | Hogstead | [112] |
| [X.] | Young Love | [127] |
| [XI.] | The Romance of Varnish | [151] |
| [XII.] | Marston and Marston | [167] |
| [XIII.] | Lilith of Old | [175] |
| [XIV.] | The Two Currents | [196] |
| [PART III.—THE FIRST ENCOUNTERS] | ||
| [XV.] | Success | [209] |
| [XVI.] | Lilith and Muriel | [244] |
| [PART IV.—ONE WAY OR ANOTHER] | ||
| [XVII.] | Three Years | [253] |
| [XVIII.] | Three Days | [261] |
| [XIX.] | The Lonely Unicorn | [285] |
| [XX.] | There’s Rosemary | [304] |
| [XXI.] | The Shedding of the Chrysalis | [312] |
| [XXII.] | An End and a Beginning | [331] |
PART I
THE OPENING ROUND
CHAPTER I
TWO HAPHAZARDS
IT began, I suppose, on a certain September afternoon, when Roland Whately traveled back to school by the three-thirty train from Waterloo. There were two afternoon trains to Fernhurst: one left London at three-thirty and arrived at a quarter to six; the other left at four-eighteen, stopped at every station between Basingstoke and Salisbury, waited twenty-five minutes at Templecombe for a connection, and finally reached Fernhurst at eight-twenty-three. It is needless to state that by far the greater part of the school traveled down by the four-eighteen—who for the sake of a fast train and a comfortable journey would surrender forty-eight minutes of his holidays?—and usually, of course, Roland accompanied the many.