TO

D.M.W.

DAUGHTER AND FRIEND

I INSCRIBE THIS BOOK


MARCH, 1905




Illustrations

LADY KITTY BRISTOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
LADY TRANMORE AND MARY LYSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . _Facing page_ 6
"A SLIM GIRL IN WHITE AT THE FAR END OF THE LARGE ROOM" . . . . . . 44
THE FINISHING TOUCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
"HE GATHERED HER IN HIS ARMS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
"THE ACTRESS PAUSED TO STARE AT LADY KITTY" . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
"SHE THOUGHT OF CLIFFE STANDING BESIDE THE DOOR OF THE GREAT HALL" . 474
"HE DREW SOME CHAIRS TOGETHER BEFORE THE FIRE" . . . . . . . . . . . 556