Copyright, 1920,
BY
FLORENCE L. BARCLAY
To
CATHERINE
Lord Tennyson’s poem, “Crossing the Bar,” is printed by kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co.
CONTENTS
| SCENE | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Glass with Care | [15] |
| II. | The Unexpected Welcome | [35] |
| III. | The Expected Guest | [49] |
| IV. | The Prison Bars Dissolve | [59] |
| V. | “I Have Waited so Long!” | [65] |
| VI. | “Sunset and Evening Star” | [73] |
| VII. | “And after That—the Dark” | [79] |
| VIII. | The Dawn Breaks | [133] |
| IX. | The Watcher | [149] |
| X. | “When That which Drew from out the Boundless Deep, Turns again Home” | [153] |
| XI. | “My Life for His!” | [165] |
| XII. | The Deep Well | [175] |
| XIII. | “Nevertheless——” | [193] |
| XIV. | “No Sadness of Farewell” | [203] |
| XV. | “The Secrets of Our Hearts” | [211] |
| XVI. | “Who Was He?” | [219] |
| XVII. | In the Pine Wood | [223] |
| XVIII. | The Home She Planned | [233] |
| XIX. | The Great Chance | [239] |
| XX. | “Coming!” | [243] |
SCENE I
GLASS WITH CARE
A limitless expanse of opal sea, calm and unruffled, reflecting the crimson and gold of the sky, as the sun went down behind pine woods and moors.