"She sat at the piano, running her fingers lightly over the keyboard" Frontispiece
"There was a long, brisk, decisive ring at the door" 3
"'Now, Miss West,' he said decisively" 13
"'I know perfectly well that this isn't right,'she said" 31
"'What's the matter with it, then?'" 40
"For a long while she sat, her cheek resting on one palm, looking fixedly into space" 65
"Neville stood stock-still before the canvas" 81
"When he first tried to ring her up the wire was busy" 83
"'Kelly, dear, are you unhappy?'" 90
"He picked up a bit of white chalk … and traced on the floor the outline of her shoes" 93