If in the course of a novel of action he has something to teach his
British readers about the American temperament, and his American public
about British mentality, so much the better.


BEAVERBROOK.




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER

I. LADY DURWENT DECIDES ON A DINNER
II. CONCERNING LADY DURWENT'S FAMILY
III. ABOUT A TOWN HOUSE
IV. PROLOGUE TO A DINNER-PARTY
V. THE OLYMPIANS THUNDER
VI. A MORNING IN NOVEMBER
VII. THE CAFE ROUGE
VIII. INTERMEZZO
IX. A HOUSE-PARTY AT ROSELAWN
X. GATHERING SHADOWS
XI. THE RENDING OF THE VEIL
XII. THE HONOURABLE MALCOLM DURWENT STARTS ON A JOURNEY
XIII. THE MAN OF SOLITUDE
XIV. STRANGE CRAFT