CONTENTS
[ THE HOUSE OF DREAMS-COME-TRUE ]
[ CHAPTER I—THE WANDER-FEVER ]
[ CHAPTER II—MADAME DE VARIGNY ]
[ CHAPTER III—THE STRANGER ON THE ICE ]
[ CHAPTER IV—THE STOLEN DAY ]
[ CHAPTER V—AMONG THE SNOWS ]
[ CHAPTER VI—THE MAGIC MOMENT ]
[ CHAPTER VII—WHICH DEALS WITH REFLECTIONS ]
[ CHAPTER VIII—THE MAN FROM MONTAVAN ]
[ CHAPTER IX—THE MASTER OF STAPLE ]
[ CHAPTER X—OTHER PEOPLE’S TROUBLES ]
[ CHAPTER XI—“THE SINS OF THE FATHERS” ]
[ CHAPTER XII—A SENSE OF DUTY ]
[ CHAPTER XIII—“WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOUR?” ]
[ CHAPTER XIV.—A COMPACT ]
[ CHAPTER XV—LADY ANNE’S DISCLOSURE ]
[ CHAPTER XVI—THE GIFT OF LOVE ]
[ CHAPTER XVII—IN THE ROSE GARDEN ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII—CROSS-PURPOSES ]
[ CHAPTER XIX—THE SPIDER ]
[ CHAPTER XX—THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE ]
[ CHAPTER XXI—DIVERS HAPPENINGS ]
[ CHAPTER XXII—“WILLING OR UNWILLING!” ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII—ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV—AN UNEXPECTED MEETING ]
[ CHAPTER XXV—ARRANGED BY TELEPHONE ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI—MOONLIGHT ON THE MOOR ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII—INTO THE MIST ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII—THEY WHO WAITED ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX—THE GOLDEN HOUR ]
[ CHAPTER XXX—THE GATEWAY ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI—AN UNWELCOME VISITOR ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII—THE DIVIDING SWORD ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII—THE RETURNING TIDE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV—THE TEST ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV—THE EVE OF DEPARTURE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI—REUNION ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII—“AN HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS” ]
THE HOUSE OF
DREAMS-COME-TRUE
CHAPTER I—THE WANDER-FEVER
THE great spaces of the hall seemed to slope away into impenetrable gloom; velvet darkness deepening imperceptibly into sable density of panelled wall; huge, smoke-blackened beams, stretching wide arms across the roof, showing only as a dim lattice-work of ebony, fretting the shadowy twilight overhead.