XVI. MASSAGE-CREAM; THEME AND VARIATIONS 256
XVII. THE SOUL OF NELLY POWERS. . . . . . 266

_PART THREE_

XVIII. BEFORE THE DAWN . . . . . . . . . . 279
XIX. MR. WELLES LIGHTS THE FUSE. . . . . 285
XX. A PRIMAEVAL HERITAGE. . . . . . . . 294
XXI. THE COUNSEL OF THE STARS. . . . . . 302
XXII. EUGENIA DOES WHAT SHE CAN . . . . . 309
XXIII. MARISE LOOKS DOWN ON THE STARS. . . 323

_PART FOUR_

XXIV. NEALE'S RETURN. . . . . . . . . . . 331
XXV. MARISE'S COMING-OF-AGE. . . . . . . 338
XXVI. MARISE LOOKS AND SEES WHAT IS THERE 360
XXVII. THE FALL OF THE BIG PINE. . . . . . 367
XXVIII. TWO GOOD-BYES . . . . . . . . . . . 380
XXIX. VIGNETTES FROM HOME-LIFE. . . . . . 390




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CHAPTER I