Second Printing

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

To
MRS. G. HERBERT THRING

WITH THE AUTHOR’S LOVE
AND GRATITUDE

September 30, 1913

CONTENTS

PAGE
PROLOGUE[1]
CHAPTER
I.THE PIPER[8]
II.THE FIRST-BORN [21]
III.THE DESERTED COTTAGE[26]
IV.PETER TAKES A RESIDENCE[35]
V.THE SOUL OF A WOMAN[44]
VI.AN OLD GENERAL[52]
VII.A WONDERFUL OFFER[69]
VIII.CHÂTEAUX EN ESPAGNE[79]
IX.A REQUEST[88]
X.THE LADY ANNE[94]
XI.A CONCERT—AND AFTER[103]
XII.A DISCLOSURE[114]
XIII.A MOONLIGHT PIPING[127]
XIV.LE BEAU MONDE[131]
XV.CONFIDENCES[143]
XVI.LETTERS[154]
XVII.A THUNDERSTORM[171]
XVIII.THE EVERLASTING WHY[183]
XIX.PIPER AND AUTHOR[193]
XX.FAREWELL[205]
XXI.A WOUNDED SKYLARK[208]
XXII.CANDLES AND MASSES[216]
XXIII.DUM SPIRO, SPERO[229]
XXIV.DEMOCRITUS[235]
XXV.AT A FAIR[245]
XXVI.ON THE CLOUD[262]
XXVII.A MIRACLE[271]
XXVIII.THE FINE WAY[278]
XXIX.FOUND[289]
XXX.THE RETURN[296]
XXXI.DEMOCRITUS ARRIVES TO STAY[302]
XXXII.PER ASPERA AD ASTRA[306]

The Peacock Feather

PROLOGUE