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