SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE

A NOVEL IN THREE EPISODES

BY ARNOLD BENNETT

1905






TO MY FRIEND EDEN PHILLPOTTS

THE NOVELIST FOR WHOM MAN AND NATURE ARE INSEPARABLE WITH PROFOUND
RESPECT FOR THE CLASSICAL DIGNITY OF HIS AIM AND EQUAL ADMIRATION
FOR THE AUSTERE SPLENDOUR OF HIS PERFORMANCE




CONTENTS


PART I

IN THE NIGHT