LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1902


TO
ESSEX.
Not chance of birth or place has made us friends.


PREFACE

My best thanks are due to the Editor of The Graphic for his kind permission to republish "Geoffrey's Wife," which appeared originally in The Graphic.

MARY CHOLMONDELEY.


CONTENTS

[MOTH AND RUST]1
[GEOFFREY'S WIFE] 241
[THE PITFALL]267