"The men of my own stock

Bitter-bad they may be,

But at least they hear the things I hear.

They see the things I see."

Kipling.

[PART I] MAY, JUNE, JULY, 1914
CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Aerial Light Horse	[3]
II	The Bosom-chums	[19]
III	The Eyes of Icarus	[34]
IV	The Song of All the Ages	[54]
V	The Workaday World	[62]
VI	The Invitation	[71]
VII	A Bachelor's Tea-party	[75]
VIII	Laughing Odds	[82]
IX	A Day in the Country	[89]
X	Leslie, on "The Roots of the Rose"	[107]
XI	The Heels of Mercury	[122]
XII	The Kiss Withheld	[128]
XIII	The Flying Dream	[144]
XIV	An Awakening	[152]
XV	Leslie on "Too Much Love"	[168]
XVI	The Aeroplane Lady	[178]
XVII	Leslie on "Marriage"	[186]
XVIII	The Obvious Thing	[193]
XIX	The Sealed Box	[212]
[PART II] JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, 1914
I	The Aviation Dinner	[223]
II	The Whisper of War	[235]
III	The Last Sunday of Peace	[241]
IV	That Week-end	[259]
V	The Die is Cast	[265]
VI	Her Guardian's Consent	[267]
VII	Haste to the Wedding!	[280]
VIII	The Girl He Left Behind Him	[293]
IX	This Side of "the Front"	[300]
X	Leslie, on "The Motley of Mars"	[310]
XI	A Love-letter—and a Rose	[321]
[PART III] SEPTEMBER, NINETEEN-FOURTEEN
I	A War-time Honeymoon	[335]
II	The Soul of Undine	[345]
III	A Last Favour	[350]
IV	The Departure for France	[361]
V	The Nuptial Flight	[364]
VI	The Winged Victory	[370]
	Postscript—Myrtle and Laurel Leaf	[376]

PART I
MAY, JUNE, JULY, 1914

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