"If you can only bring yourself to say Yes, I will do my best to make you the happiest woman in the world."

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I. AN IMPERIOUS MAIDEN]
[CHAPTER II. APPREHENSIONS]
[CHAPTER III. A NEW SENSATION]
[CHAPTER IV. A BITTER INTERVIEW]
[CHAPTER V. THE CHANCES OF LIFE]
[CHAPTER VI. WAITING FOR THE BLOW TO FALL]
[CHAPTER VII. DAVID SPEAKS HIS MIND]
[CHAPTER VIII. CONFLICTING EMOTIONS]
[CHAPTER IX. PREPARING TO GO]
[CHAPTER X. RALPH SPEAKS HIS MIND]
[CHAPTER XI. UNCONSCIOUS SPEECH]
[CHAPTER XII. DOROTHY SPEAKS HER MIND]
[CHAPTER XIII. GATHERING CLOUDS]
[CHAPTER XIV. THE STORM BURSTS]
[CHAPTER XV. SIR JOHN GETS ANGRY]
[CHAPTER XVI. THE BIG HOUSE]
[CHAPTER XVII. DEVELOPMENTS]
[CHAPTER XVIII. A CONFESSION]
[CHAPTER XIX. A SILENT WELCOME]
[CHAPTER XX. WILLIAM MENIRE'S RED-LETTER DAY]
[CHAPTER XXI. A GOOD NAME]
[CHAPTER XXII. A FRESH START]
[CHAPTER XXIII. THE ROAD TO FORTUNE]
[CHAPTER XXIV. LAW AND LIFE]
[CHAPTER XXV. IN LONDON TOWN]
[CHAPTER XXVI. TRUTH WILL OUT]
[CHAPTER XXVII. HOME AGAIN]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. A TRYING POSITION]
[CHAPTER XXIX. A QUESTION OF MOTIVES]
[CHAPTER XXX. SELF AND ANOTHER]
[CHAPTER XXXI. A PARTNERSHIP]
[CHAPTER XXXII. FOOD FOR REFLECTION]
[CHAPTER XXXIII. A PROPOSAL]
[CHAPTER XXXIV. A FRESH PAGE]
[CHAPTER XXXV. FAILURE OR FORTUNE]
[CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PENALTY OF PROSPERITY]
[CHAPTER XXXVII. LIGHT AND SHADOW]
[CHAPTER XXXVIII. LOVE AND LIFE]
[CHAPTER XXXIX. PERPLEXING QUESTIONS]
[CHAPTER XL. LOVE OR FAREWELL]
[CHAPTER XLI. THE TABLES TURNED]
[CHAPTER XLII. COALS OF FIRE]
[CHAPTER XLIII. SIR JOHN ATONES]
[Other Works by Silas K. Hocking]

List of Illustrations

["If you can only bring yourself to say Yes, I will do my best to make you the happiest woman in the world."]

["Sir John raised his hunting-crop, and struck at Ralph with all his might."]

["Ruth threw her arms about her mother's neck and burst into a passion of tears."]

["William, breathless and excited, burst in upon him."]