PERORATION

AS SHE SAW MARCIA HER FACE LIT UP

THIS MORNING HE FOUND HER ALL GIRLISH GENTLENESS AND APPEAL

"I DO WISH I COULD HELP YOU"

MARCIA WAS SINGING, IN A LOW VOICE AS SHE CAME

HE SAT STILL, STUDYING HIS MOTHER'S STRONG, LINED FACE

NOW SUDDENLY--HERE WAS A FRIEND--ON WHOM TO LEAN





Book I


LADY CORYSTON


[Greek: turannon einai moria kai tonthelein.]




CHAPTER I