WILLIAM DE MORGAN
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF "JOSEPH VANCE," "ALICE-FOR-SHORT," ETC.
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1914,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published February, 1914
Dedicated to The Spirit of Fiction
PART I
CHAPTERPAGE
0. SAPPS COURT3
I. DAVE AND HIS FAMILY6
II. A SHORTAGE OF MUD16
III. DAVE'S ACCIDENT24
IV. BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL30
V. MRS. PRICHARD40
VI. THE STORY OF THE TWINS45
VII. DAVE'S CONVALESCENT HAVEN60
VIII. DAVE'S RETURN TO SAPPS COURT72
IX. A VERDICT OF DEATH BY DROWNING84
X. AT THE TOWERS93
XI. MR. PELLEW AND MISS DICKENSON110
XII. THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT117
XIII. AN INQUIRY FOR A WIDOW127
XIV. A SUCCESSFUL CAPTURE134
XV. WHAT AUNT M'RIAR OVERHEARD150
XVI. THE INNER LIFE OF SAPPS COURT156
XVII. HOW ADRIAN WAS NURSED AT THE TOWERS171
XVIII. HOW GWEN AND THE COUNTESS VISITED ADRIAN 185
XIX. GWEN'S VERY BAD NIGHT200
XX. SLOW AND FAST APPROXIMATION208
XXI. A RAPID ARRIVAL220
XXII. A CONFESSION AND ITS EFFECTS239
XXIII. GWEN'S VISIT TO MRS. MARRABLE258
XXIV. THE SLOW APPROXIMATION GOES SLOWLY ON272
XXV. A GAME OF WHIST282
XXVI. HOW AUNT M'RIAR'S STORY CAME OUT293
XXVII. HOW SAPPS HEARD A VISITOR WAS COMING312
XXVIII. GWEN'S VISIT, AND WHAT ENDED IT320
XXIX. HOW THE SLOW COUPLE BECAME ENGAGED331
XXX. GWEN'S ACCOUNT OF THE CRASH351
XXXI. MRS. PRICHARD AT CAVENDISH SQUARE364
XXXII. AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS379
PART II
CHAPTERPAGE
I. AUNT M'RIAR'S HUSBAND389
II. GWEN'S VISIT TO PENSHAM412
III. HOW THE TWINS SAW EACH OTHER429
IV. MAISIE AT THE TOWERS444
V. MOTHERWARDS IN THE DARK461
VI. HOW MAISIE LOVED POMONA474
VII. GWEN'S NIGHT-FLIGHT TO LONDON491
VIII. MAISIE AT STRIDES COTTAGE498
IX. THE DUTIFUL SON511
X. GWEN'S SECOND VISIT TO SAPPS COURT528
XI. IN PARK LANE543
XII. AN ENLIGHTENMENT563
XIII. HOW GWEN TOLD SAPPS COURT576
XIV. GWEN'S RETURN, AND THE TASK BEFORE HER591
XV. GWEN FACES THE MUSIC607
XVI. DR. NASH TELLS GRANNY MARRABLE626
XVII. THE COUNTESS CALLS AT PENSHAM646
XVIII. WHAT FOLLOWED AT CHORLTON665
XIX. THE MEETING677
XX. THE NIGHT AFTER THEY KNEW IT686
XXI. SAPPS COURT AGAIN703
XXII. STRIDES COTTAGE AGAIN721
XXIII. GWEN'S VISIT TO PENSHAM734
XXIV. PENSHAM AT STRIDES COTTAGE751
XXV. A FESTIVITY AT THE TOWERS764
XXVI. ANOTHER NIGHT WATCH776
XXVII. HOW SHE SAW THE MODEL AGAIN793
XXVIII. HOW HER SON CAME TOO LATE807
XXIX. A RIGHT CROSS-COUNTER THAT LANDED826
A BELATED PENDRIFT853