Illustrated by FRANK ADAMS

LONDON AND GLASGOW
COLLINS' CLEAR-TYPE PRESS
1915

TO
MAISIE, MARGARET, AND CUTHBERT,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF SEPTEMBER 1905.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.
I. [AUNT ANNE]
II. [NO. 14 RUE ST. SULPICE]
III. [A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE]
IV. [THE MAN IN BLUE GLASSES]
V. [GOOD-BYE TO PARIS]
VI. [THE REVOLT OF TWO]
VII. [A WILD DRIVE]
VIII. [MONT ST. MICHEL]
IX. [MADEMOISELLE VIRÉ]
X. [THE "AMERICAN PRETENDER"]
XI. [BARBARA TURNS PLOTTER]
XII. [THE PLOT THICKENS]
XIII. [THE ESCAPE]
XIV. [A WAYSIDE INN]
XV. [THE STRIKE]
XVI. [BARBARA TURNS DETECTIVE]
XVII. [A MEMORY AND A "MANOIR"]
XVIII. [AUNT ANNE AGAIN]
XIX. [THE END OF THE STORY]
XX. [THE CODA]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Cover artwork ]

[ "'The farmer would spare you those, madam.'" . . . Frontispiece ]

[ Title page artwork ]

[ "Barbara was reading a guide book on Brittany." ]