Front matter
Reading edition
BY
LESLIE MOORE
AUTHOR OF “THE PEACOCK FEATHER,” “THE JESTER,” “THE
WISER FOLLY,” ETC.
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1917
Copyright, 1917
BY
LESLIE MOORE
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
To
MRS. BARTON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Prologue 1
I. The Letter 17
II. Memories 24
III. Quod Scriptum est 31
IV. The Lady of the Blue Book 38
V. A Friendship 44
VI. At Teneriffe 52
VII. England 64
VIII. The Amazing Conditions 70
IX. The Decision 79
X. An English Cottage 86
XI. Doubts 98
XII. Concerning Michael Field 102
XIII. A Discovery 109
XIV. Honor Vincit 117
XV. In the Garden 123
XVI. A Meeting 132
XVII. At the Manor House 139
XVIII. A Dream and Other Things 149
XIX. Trix on the Scene 161
XX. Moonlight and Theories 168
XXI. On the Moorland 183
XXII. An Old Man in a Library 192
XXIII. Antony Finds a Glove 201
XXIV. An Interest in Life 206
XXV. Prickles 212
XXVI. An Offer and a Refusal 227
XXVII. Letters and Mrs. Arbuthnot 237
XXVIII. For the Day Alone 256
XXIX. In the Church Porch 260
XXX. A Question of Importance 277
XXXI. Midnight Reflections 284
XXXII. Sunlight and Happiness 290
XXXIII. Trix Seeks Advice 294
XXXIV. An Amazing Suggestion 302
XXXV. Trix Triumphant 312
XXXVI. An Old Man Tells his Story 319
XXXVII. The Importance of Trifles 330
XXXVIII. A Footstep on the Path 334
XXXIX. On the Old Foundation 341
Epilogue 347
Antony Gray,—Gardener