LONDON
GRANT RICHARDS LTD.
ST MARTIN'S STREET
MDCCCCXXII
Printed in Great Britain by the Riverside Press Limited
Edinburgh
TO MY FRIEND
CLIFFORD BAX
[CONTENTS]
| PART I.—THE OPENING ROUND | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | TWO HAPHAZARDS | [11] |
| II. | THE OUTCOME | [20] |
| III. | RALPH AND APRIL | [27] |
| IV. | A KISS | [37] |
| V. | A POTENTIAL DIPLOMAT | [45] |
| VI. | APRIL'S LOOKING-GLASS | [58] |
| VII. | A SORRY BUSINESS | [65] |
| PART II.—THE RIVAL FORCES | ||
| VIII. | A FORTUNATE MEETING | [93] |
| IX. | HOGSTEAD | [105] |
| X. | YOUNG LOVE | [117] |
| XI. | THE ROMANCE OF VARNISH | [137] |
| XII. | MARSTON & MARSTON | [150] |
| XIII. | LILITH OF OLD | [157] |
| XIV. | THE TWO CURRENTS | [175] |
| PART III.—THE FIRST ENCOUNTERS | ||
| XV. | SUCCESS | [187] |
| XVI. | LILITH AND MURIEL | [217] |
| PART IV.—ONE WAY OR ANOTHER | ||
| XVII. | THREE YEARS | [225] |
| XVIII. | THREE DAYS | [232] |
| XIX. | THE LONELY UNICORN | [253] |
| XX. | THERE'S ROSEMARY | [269] |
| XXI. | THE SHREDDING OF THE CHRYSALIS | [276] |
| XXII. | AN END AND A BEGINNING | [292] |