VII. KATRINE'S OWN COUNTRY 76
VIII. FRANK YIELDS TO TEMPTATION 88
IX. THE TRUTH 94
X. TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND 104
XI. KATRINE IS LEFT ALONE 113
XII. THE REAL FRANCIS RAVENEL 121
XIII. DERMOTT'S INTERVIEW WITH FRANK AT THE TREVOY 127
XIV. DERMOTT DISCOVERS A NEW SIDE TO FRANK'S CHARACTER 137
XV. JOSEF 143
XVI. MRS. RAVENEL UNWITTINGLY BECOMES AN ALLY OF KATRINE 152
XVII. MCDERMOTT VISITS HIS FRENCH COUSIN 160
XVIII. KATRINE MEETS ANNE LENNOX 172
XIX. A VISION OF THE PAST 193
XX. THE INFLUENCE OF WORK 212
XXI. THE NIGHT OF KATRINE'S DÉBUT 219
XXII. FRANK AND KATRINE MEET AT THE VAN RENSSELAER'S 228
XXIII. AN INTERRUPTED CONFESSION 234
XXIV. "I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU" 249
XXV. KATRINE IN NEW YORK 271
XXVI. DERMOTT MCDERMOTT 282
XXVII. SELF-SURRENDER 299
XXVIII. UNDER THE SOUTHERN PINES ONCE MORE 303




PREFACE


It is difficult to tell the story of Irish folk intimately and