NEW YORK

Copyright, 1914,

BY

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Published February, 1914

Dedicated to
The Spirit of Fiction

PART I

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0. SAPPS COURT[3]
I. DAVE AND HIS FAMILY[6]
II. A SHORTAGE OF MUD[16]
III. DAVE'S ACCIDENT[24]
IV. BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL[30]
V. MRS. PRICHARD[40]
VI. THE STORY OF THE TWINS[45]
VII. DAVE'S CONVALESCENT HAVEN[60]
VIII. DAVE'S RETURN TO SAPPS COURT[72]
IX. A VERDICT OF DEATH BY DROWNING[84]
X. AT THE TOWERS[93]
XI. MR. PELLEW AND MISS DICKENSON[110]
XII. THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT[117]
XIII. AN INQUIRY FOR A WIDOW[127]
XIV. A SUCCESSFUL CAPTURE[134]
XV. WHAT AUNT M'RIAR OVERHEARD[150]
XVI. THE INNER LIFE OF SAPPS COURT[156]
XVII. HOW ADRIAN WAS NURSED AT THE TOWERS[171]
XVIII. HOW GWEN AND THE COUNTESS VISITED ADRIAN [185]
XIX. GWEN'S VERY BAD NIGHT[200]
XX. SLOW AND FAST APPROXIMATION[208]
XXI. A RAPID ARRIVAL[220]
XXII. A CONFESSION AND ITS EFFECTS[239]
XXIII. GWEN'S VISIT TO MRS. MARRABLE[258]
XXIV. THE SLOW APPROXIMATION GOES SLOWLY ON[272]
XXV. A GAME OF WHIST[282]
XXVI. HOW AUNT M'RIAR'S STORY CAME OUT[293]
XXVII. HOW SAPPS HEARD A VISITOR WAS COMING[312]
XXVIII. GWEN'S VISIT, AND WHAT ENDED IT[320]
XXIX. HOW THE SLOW COUPLE BECAME ENGAGED[331]
XXX. GWEN'S ACCOUNT OF THE CRASH[351]
XXXI. MRS. PRICHARD AT CAVENDISH SQUARE[364]
XXXII. AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS[379]

PART II

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I. AUNT M'RIAR'S HUSBAND[389]
II. GWEN'S VISIT TO PENSHAM[412]
III. HOW THE TWINS SAW EACH OTHER[429]
IV. MAISIE AT THE TOWERS[444]
V. MOTHERWARDS IN THE DARK[461]
VI. HOW MAISIE LOVED POMONA[474]
VII. GWEN'S NIGHT-FLIGHT TO LONDON[491]
VIII. MAISIE AT STRIDES COTTAGE[498]
IX. THE DUTIFUL SON[511]
X. GWEN'S SECOND VISIT TO SAPPS COURT[528]
XI. IN PARK LANE[543]
XII. AN ENLIGHTENMENT[563]
XIII. HOW GWEN TOLD SAPPS COURT[576]
XIV. GWEN'S RETURN, AND THE TASK BEFORE HER[591]
XV. GWEN FACES THE MUSIC[607]
XVI. DR. NASH TELLS GRANNY MARRABLE[626]
XVII. THE COUNTESS CALLS AT PENSHAM[646]
XVIII. WHAT FOLLOWED AT CHORLTON[665]
XIX. THE MEETING[677]
XX. THE NIGHT AFTER THEY KNEW IT[686]
XXI. SAPPS COURT AGAIN[703]
XXII. STRIDES COTTAGE AGAIN[721]
XXIII. GWEN'S VISIT TO PENSHAM[734]
XXIV. PENSHAM AT STRIDES COTTAGE[751]
XXV. A FESTIVITY AT THE TOWERS[764]
XXVI. ANOTHER NIGHT WATCH[776]
XXVII. HOW SHE SAW THE MODEL AGAIN[793]
XXVIII. HOW HER SON CAME TOO LATE[807]
XXIX. A RIGHT CROSS-COUNTER THAT LANDED[826]
A BELATED PENDRIFT[853]