HELENA BRETT'S CAREER
| XVIII. | [ZOË] |
| XIX. | [BUSINESS] |
| XX. | [PLEASURE] |
| XXI. | [EXPOSURE] |
| XXII. | [THE IRON IN THE SOUL] |
| XXIII. | [SECRET NUMBER TWO] |
| XXIV. | [BATTLE ROYAL] |
| XXV. | [THE BROKEN TRIANGLE] |
| XXVI. | [TACT] |
| XXVII. | [THE TWO WAYS] |
| XXVIII. | [WOMAN PROPOSES] |
| XXIX. | [HELENA BRETT'S CAREER] |
PART I
HOW IT HAPPENED
HELENA BRETT'S CAREER
CHAPTER I
ADVICE
"Of course," said Kenneth Boyd, with the abrupt conviction of one whose argument is off the point at issue, "it's absolutely obvious. You ought to marry."
The man who ought to marry was no more pleased to hear it than most of his kind. He scowled angrily: then smiled, as though contempt were a more fit reply. He was tall, broad, firm-looking, with smooth dark hair still low upon his forehead, and certainly looked in no need of drastic remedies.