The Fire Within
By
Patricia Wentworth
(Mrs. G. F. Dillon)
Author of “A Marriage under the Terror,” etc.
“Quench thou the fires of your old gods,
Quench not the fire within.”
Matthew Arnold.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1913
Copyright, 1913
by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. [Mr. Mottisfont’s Opinion of his Nephew] 1 II. [David Blake] 18 III. [Dead Men’s Shoes] 30 IV. [A Man’s Honour] 40 V. [Town Talk] 56 VI. [The Letter] 66 VII. [Elizabeth Chantrey] 77 VIII. [Edward Sings] 91 IX. [Mary Is Shocked] 107 X. [Edward Is Put Out] 120 XI. [Forgotten Ways] 134 XII. [The Grey Wolf] 143 XIII. [March Goes Out] 156 XIV. [The Golden Wind] 163 XV. [Love Must to School] 171 XVI. [Friendship] 179 XVII. [The Dream] 188 XVIII. [The Face of Love] 199 XIX. [The Full Moon] 207 XX. [The Woman of the Dream] 214 XXI. [Elizabeth Blake] 225 XXII. [After the Dream] 236 XXIII. [Elizabeth Waits] 243 XXIV. [The Lost Name] 258