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BOOKS BY
BOOTH TARKINGTON
ALICE ADAMS
BEASLEY’S CHRISTMAS PARTY
BEAUTY AND THE JACOBIN
CHERRY
CONQUEST OF CANAAN
GENTLE JULIA
HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE
HIS OWN PEOPLE
IN THE ARENA
MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE
PENROD
PENROD AND SAM
RAMSEY MILHOLLAND
SEVENTEEN
THE BEAUTIFUL LADY
THE FASCINATING STRANGER AND OTHER STORIES
THE FLIRT
THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA
THE GUEST OF QUESNAY
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
THE MAN FROM HOME
THE MIDLANDER
THE TURMOIL
THE TWO VANREVELS
WOMEN
COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE &
COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. COPYRIGHT,
1924, 1925, BY BOOTH TARKINGTON.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE
COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Preamble......vii
CHAPTER
I.Mrs. Dodge and Mrs. Cromwell1
II.A Lady Across the Street15
III.Perversity of a Telephone24
IV.A Great Man’s Wife33
V.One of Mrs. Cromwell’s Daughters47
VI.Sallie Ealing63
VII.Napoleon Was a Little Man79
VIII.Mrs. Dodge’s Only Daughter90
IX.Mrs. Dodge’s Husband104
X.Lily’s Almost First Engagement110
XI.Mrs. Cromwell’s Youngest Daughter126
XII.Her Happiest Hour142
XIII.Heartbreak164
XIV.Mrs. Dodge’s Next-Door Neighbour172
XV.Mrs. Dodge Declines to Tell182
XVI.Mrs. Leslie Braithwaite’s Husband206
XVII.“Dolling”216
XVIII.Lily’s Friend Ada223
XIX.Parents in Darkness246
XX.Damsel Dark, Damsel Fair254
XXI.Mrs. Cromwell’s Niece263
XXII.Wallflower275
XXIII.The Strange Mirror290
XXIV.Transfiguration297
XXV.Glamour Can Be Kept309
XXVI.Desert Sand314
XXVII.Miraculous Accident327
XXVIII.A Public Mockery345
XXIX.Mrs. Cromwell’s Oldest Daughter362
XXX.Mrs. Cromwell’s Sons-in-Law400
XXXI.The Anniversary Dinner410