XVIII--THE PASSING OF FIDO 238

XIX--THE DREAMS COME TRUE 253

XX--PARDON 273

XXI--THE PERILS OF THE CITY 286

XXII--AUTUMN LEAVES 299

XXIII--LETTERS TO CONSTANCE 313

XXIV--THE BELLS IN THE TOWER 327




Flower of the Dusk


[Illustration: "Secretly, too, both were ashamed, having come unawares
upon knowledge that was not meant for them."--_Page 82._
_From a painting by Clinton Balmer_]




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