THE WORKS OF KATHLEEN NORRIS

THE HEART OF RACHAEL

VOLUME VI





TO MY TERESA



BOOK I

THE HEART OF RACHAEL



CHAPTER I


The day had opened so brightly, in such a welcome wave of April
sunshine, that by mid-afternoon there were two hundred players
scattered over the links of the Long Island Country Club at
Belvedere Bay; the men in thick plaid stockings and loose striped
sweaters, the women's scarlet coats and white skirts making
splashes of vivid color against the fresh green of grass and the
thick powdering of dandelions. It was Saturday, and a half-