THE HEART OF A WOMAN

BY
BARONESS ORCZY

AUTHOR OF "THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL," "PETTICOAT RULE," ETC.

HODDER & STOUGHTON
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

Copyright, 1911,
By George H. Doran Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.—Which Tells of a Very Commonplace Incident[3]
II.—Once More the Obvious[14]
III.—And Now Almost Like a Dream[17]
IV.—Nothing Really Tangible[32]
V.—Just an Obvious Duty[39]
VI.—Just a Disagreeable Old Man[46]
VII.—The Part Played by a Five-Pound Note[50]
VIII.—And Thus the Shadow Descended[59]
IX.—Which Tells of the Inevitable Result[65]
X.—Life Must Go on Just the Same[72]
XI.—And There Are Social Duties to Perform[84]
XII.—Shall a Man Escape His Fate?[92]
XIII.—They Have No Heart[95]
XIV.—The Tale Had to Be Told[105]
XV.—And Many Must Be Questioned[112]
XVI.—And the Puppets Danced[120]
XVII.—And What of the Secret?[125]
XVIII.—It Would Not Do, You Know[132]
XIX.—Not All About It[138]
XX.—And That's the Truth[149]
XXI.—Have Another Cigar[156]
XXII.—Then the Miracle Was Wrought[167]
XXIII.—Why All This Mystery?[179]
XXIV.—A Herd of Cackling Geese[183]
XXV.—The Fog Was Dense, I Couldn't Rightly See[191]
XXVI.—The Next Witness, Please[199]
XXVII.—And People Went Out to Luncheon[205]
XXVIII.—Which Tells of an Unexpected Turn of Events[216]
XXIX.—The World Is So Large[223]
XXX.—And Then Every One Went Home[233]
XXXI.—And There Are People Who Do Not Care[237]
XXXII.—A Man Must Act As He Thinks Best[244]
XXXIII.—If You Would Only Let Yourself Go[249]
XXXIV.—Which Speaks Only of Farewells[261]
XXXV.—Which Tells of Pictures in the Fire[268]
XXXVI.—People Don't Do That Sort of Thing[274]
XXXVII.—It Is One Human Life Against the Other[287]
XXXVIII.—The Hand of Death Was on Him Too[292]
XXXIX.—A Mere Woman Fighting for the Thing She Loved[300]
XL.—And Thus Her Hour Had Come[310]
XLI.—Which Tells of the Contents of the Note Book[313]
XLII.—Which Tells Once More of Commonplace Incidents[319]