First Published July 3rd 1913
Second Edition August 1913




TO

MY DEAR MOTHER

WHOSE ADVICE AND CRITICISM HAVE HELPED SO
GREATLY IN MY WORK, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE
MAKING OF THIS BOOK; WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP
HAS BEEN A CONSTANT INSPIRATION TO ME




CONTENTS


CHAP. PAGE

I. The Whirlpool 1

II. A £5,000,000 Deal 7

III. Shadowed 17