_To_ =Grant B. Schley=

_Dear and great Friend! In_ =Katrine's= _fancied_ "Land"
_You long have held your own much-honored place--
Have met great Esmond; held kind Newcome's hand;
And talked with merry Alan face to face;
For there, where Loyalty was word of countersign,
You entered, all unchallenged, for the land was thine!_

_E.M.L._

PARIS, 1909




CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
PREFACE vii
I. UNDER THE SOUTHERN PINES 1
II. THE MEETING IN THE WOODS 15
III. A KINDNESS WITH MIXED MOTIVES 29
IV. THE PROMISE IN THE ROSE GARDEN 43
V. FRANK FALLS FURTHER UNDER KATRINE'S INFLUENCE 50
VI. DERMOTT GIVES A DINNER AT THE OLD LODGE 63