Mabel bent her head. It was a kiss of complete reconciliation and forgiveness, and Aldred, with a glad leap of her heart, felt that the friendship that she had striven to build upon the shifting sand of a false reputation was founded at last upon the rock of self-sacrifice and mutual endeavour.


PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
By Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow


Transcriber's Note:

Punctuation has been standardised.

The spelling of [d'oyleys], [caste] and [wideawake], and the alternative spelling for sundial/[sun-dial] have been retained as they appear in the original publication.

Changes have been made as follows:

Page 25 forming herself on [the-prim] pattern changed to forming herself on the prim pattern

Page 39 [newpapers] wanted to print her changed to newspapers wanted to print her