To Grant B. Schley

Dear and great Friend! In Katrine's fancied "Land"
You long have held your own much-honored place—
Have met great Esmond; held kind Newcome's hand;
And talked with merry Alan face to face;
For there, where Loyalty was word of countersign,
You entered, all unchallenged, for the land was thine!

E.M.L.

PARIS, 1909

CONTENTS

Chap. Page
[Preface]vii
I.[Under The Southern Pines]1
II.[The Meeting In The Woods]15
III.[A Kindness With Mixed Motives]29
IV.[The Promise In The Rose Garden]43
V.[Frank Falls Further Under Katrine's Influence]50
VI.[Dermott Gives A Dinner At The Old Lodge]63
VII.[Katrine's Own Country]76
VIII.[Frank Yields To Temptation]88
IX.[The Truth]94
X.[To Try To Understand]104
XI.[Katrine Is Left Alone]113
XII.[The Real Francis Ravenel]121
XIII.[Dermott's Interview With Frank At The Trevoy]127
XIV.[Dermott Discovers A New Side To Frank's Character]137
XV.[Josef]143
XVI.[Mrs. Ravenel Unwittingly Becomes An Ally Of Katrine]152
XVII.[Mcdermott Visits His French Cousin]160
XVIII.[Katrine Meets Anne Lennox]172
XIX.[A Vision Of The Past]193
XX.[The Influence Of Work]212
XXI.[The Night Of Katrine's Début]219
XXII.[Frank And Katrine Meet At The Van Rensselaer's]228
XXIII.[An Interrupted Confession]234
XXIV.["i Will Take Care Of You"]249
XXV.[Katrine In New York]271
XXVI.[Dermott Mcdermott]282
XXVII.[Self-surrender]299
XXVIII.[Under The Southern Pines Once More]303

PREFACE