ANTHONY HOPE

WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY HAROLD PERCIVAL, A.R.E.

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published in 1905

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.Muddock and Mead[1]
II.First Impressions[15]
III.An Arrangement for Sunday[29]
IV.By Way of Precaution[43]
V.A Day in the Country[55]
VI.Away with the Ribbons![70]
VII.Under the Nosegay[86]
VIII.The Legitimate Claimant[102]
IX.Renunciation: A Drama[118]
X.The Licence of Virtue[133]
XI.What is Truth?[149]
XII.At Close Quarters[164]
XIIIThe Heroine fails[179]
XIV.As Mr. Flint said[194]
XV.The Man Upstairs[210]
XVI.Morality smiles[227]
XVII.At Sea and in Port[243]
XVIII.The Play and the Part[257]
XIX.Collateral Effects[270]
XX.The Ways divide[286]
XXI.What does it Mean?[301]
XXII.Other Worlds[316]
XXIII.The Most Natural Thing[332]
XXIV."A Good Sight"[348]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS