Contents

[PART I. ACQUAINTANCE][1]
[[I]] [[II]][[III]] [[IV]][[V]] [[VI]]
[PART II. THREE YEARS AFTER][125]
[[VII]] [[VIII]] [[IX]] [[X]] [[XI]] [[XII]] [[XIII]]
[PART III. DEVELOPMENT][293]
[[XIV]] [[XV]][[XVI]]
[PART IV. STORM][365]
[[XVII]] [[XVIII]] [[XIX]][[XX]] [[XXI]][[XXII]]
[PART V. REQUIESCAT][511]
[[XXIII]] [[XXIV]]

TO

D.M.W.
DAUGHTER AND FRIEND
I INSCRIBE THIS BOOK
MARCH, 1905

Illustrations

[LADY KITTY BRISTOL][_Frontispiece_]
[LADY TRANMORE AND MARY LYSTER]Facing page [6]
["A SLIM GIRL IN WHITE AT THE FAR END OF THE LARGE ROOM"][44]
[THE FINISHING TOUCHES][200]
["HE GATHERED HER IN HIS ARMS"][278]
"THE ACTRESS PAUSED TO STARE AT LADY KITTY"438
["SHE THOUGHT OF CLIFFE STANDING BESIDE THE DOOR OF THE GREAT HALL"][474]
["HE DREW SOME CHAIRS TOGETHER BEFORE THE FIRE"][556]

PART I