PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE 9

II. THE PALMETTO CLEARING 20

III. THE INTERVIEW 32

IV. HOPING AND WAITING 44

V. MISS DORY 48

VI. THE SERVICES 58

VII. COL. CROMPTON 66

VIII. THE CHILD OF THE CLEARING 80

IX. THE COLONEL AND JAKE 88

X. EUDORA 102


PART II

I. HOWARD CROMPTON TO JACK HARCOURT 115