Copyright, 1906, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published October, 1906

To the Dear Memory of
Henrietta

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.—Harrowby[ 1]
II.—Angela[ 21]
III.—The Point of Honor[ 39]
IV.—Love is a Mist[ 57]
V.—The Hour of Fate[ 74]
VI.—The Quaking of the Earth[ 88]
VII.—The Parting[ 102]
VIII.—The Meeting[ 117]
IX.—Spartans All![ 132]
X.—The Arrival of the Strangers[ 155]
XI.—How the Days went on at Harrowby[ 173]
XII.—The Iron Hand of War and Circumstance [ 188]
XIII.—Warp and Woof[ 210]
XIV.—Snowbound[ 232]
XV.—The Hegira[ 248]
XVI.—The Tongue of Calumny[ 264]
XVII.—Like the Little Trianon[ 282]
XVIII.—The Visitations of War[ 295]
XIX.—“I can’t get out!” said the Starling[ 309]
XX.—A Soldier’s Errand[ 327]
XXI.—Dust and Ashes[ 349]
XXII.—Love and Life[ 367]
XXIII.—The Aftermath[ 398]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“Took her little hand in his and raised it to his lips”[ Frontispiece]
“And so Angela Vaughn became Neville Tremaine’s wife”[ 114]
“He lay watching Angela with her quick-changing expression”[ 236]
“‘Missis, I done brought Marse Richard back to you’”[ 350]

THE VICTORY


CHAPTER I
HARROWBY