TO MY MOTHER

CONTENTS

[PROLOGUE]
PAGE
[THE DEPRESSION OF IVOR PELHAM MARLAY ON THE
NIGHT OF THE FIRST OF MAY, 1921]		[1]
[BOOK THE FIRST]
[AN IDEAL, SOME DETAILS, AND A LAPSE][17]
[BOOK THE SECOND]
[THE FRIENDS][61]
[BOOK THE THIRD]
[THE ANTAGONISTS][145]
[EPILOGUE]
[THE IMAGE IN THE HEART][305]

A typical sentence from an ancient copy-book, unearthed with many other curious relics of a polite age during recent excavations at the corner of Pall Mall and Saint James’s Street:—

“When gentlefolk meet, compliments are exchanged.”

PROLOGUE

THE DEPRESSION OF IVOR PELHAM MARLAY ON THE NIGHT
OF THE 1ST OF MAY, 1921