[CONTENTS]

CHAP. PAGE
I.[Love in Idleness]1
II.[The Prophecy]16
III.[The Fulfilment]31
IV.[Plotting]47
V.[The Meeting]66
VI.[A Conversation]83
VII.[Behind the Scenes]99
VIII.[Love's Young Dream]112
IX.[The Warning]128
X.[In Cornwall]144
XI.[The Spider and the Fly]160
XII.[Small Beer Chronicles]177
XIII.[Further Small Beer Chronicles]196
XIV.[Preparation]215
XV.[The Trance]231
XVI.[The Disciple of Love]248
XVII.[The Disciple of Hate]267
XVIII.[The Night Before]282
XIX.[The Morning After]298
XX.[The Unexpected]317
XXI.[The Choice]333
XXII.[Right is Might]350
XXIII.[The Eternal Strife]368
XXIV.[Dawn]386


[CHAPTER I]

LOVE IN IDLENESS

"How can any one hope to transfer that to canvas?" asked the artist, surveying the many-coloured earth and sky and sea with despairing eyes.

"Easily enough," replied the girl at his elbow, "those who see twice as vividly as others, can make others see once as vividly as they do. That is what we call genius."