If Bigotry may not impossibly be laid to the author by some, because he
has drawn two or three of the characters from unusual quarters and
described them freely; the many who know him will limit any phrases to
the several characters as individuals.

Lastly, the book is not a novel. It consequently escapes the awful
charge of being 'a novel with a purpose.' None can feel more conscious
of its imperfections than the writer, or will regret more if it treads
on any sensitive toes.

WILFRID CHÂTEAUCLAIR. _Dormillière, March, 1888._




TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MANOIR OF DORMILLIÈRE 1
II. THE YOUNG SEIGNEUR 4
III. HAVILAND'S IDEA 7
IV. THE MANUSCRIPT 13
V. CONFRÉRIE 16
VI. ALEXANDRA 20
VII. QUINET 22
VIII. THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE 25