return of the hero to London after an absence

of ten years. Ten years before, Rodney

Steele had been—no fabulous hero—but just

an honorable man in a tight place, and the

girl he loved and trusted had turned on him

within a week of the day which was to

make her altogether his. Ten years, however,

have not quenched the altar fires of

his affection and—But it would be unfair

to let the reader peep over the wall of partition