E.M. DELAFIELD
Reading edition
New York
ALFRED A. KNOPF
MCMXIX
Dedicated to
M.P.P.
and, in spite of air-raids, to the
pleasant memory of our winter
in London, 1917-1918
CONTENTS
BOOK I I THE GAME OF CONSEQUENCES II SCHOOL III QUEENIE TORRANCE IV HOLIDAYS V OTHER PEOPLE VI THE END OF AN ERA VII LONDON SEASON VIII GOLDSTEIN AND QUEENIE IX SCOTLAND X NOEL XI ENGAGEMENT OF MARRIAGE XII CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME XIII DECISION XIV BARBARA XV DIAMOND JUBILEE XVI MOTHER GERTRUDE XVII LAWN-TENNIS XVIII CRISIS BOOK II XIX BELGIUM XX AFTERMATH XXI FATHER FARRELL XXII ROME XXIII N.W. XXIV ALL OF THEM XXV VIOLET XXVI AUGUST XXVII THE EMBEZZLEMENT XXVIII CEDRIC XXIX FORGIVENESS XXX EPITAPH