CONTENTS

CHAPTER I FIRST IMPRESSIONS

CHAPTER II LESSONS

CHAPTER III A THUNDER-STORM

CHAPTER IV NIMBUS

CHAPTER V THE MOTHER'S VOW

CHAPTER VI MARTHA'S GOING—YET REMAINING

CHAPTER VII A SHOCK

CHAPTER VIII ANNAN

CHAPTER IX ERIC

CHAPTER X THE BUNGALOW

CHAPTER XI AWAKENING

CHAPTER XII OUR FIRST BALL

CHAPTER XIII THE CLOUD AGAIN

CHAPTER XIV WHERE IS BETTINA?

CHAPTER XV MY SECRET

CHAPTER XVI THE YACHTING PARTY

CHAPTER XVII THE EMERALD PENDANT

CHAPTER XVIII RANNY

CHAPTER XIX ANOTHER GIRL

CHAPTER XX TWO INVITATIONS AND A CRISIS

CHAPTER XXI AUNT JOSEPHINE'S LETTER

CHAPTER XXII PLANTING THYME

CHAPTER XXIII ERIC'S SECRET

CHAPTER XXIV MADAME AURORE

CHAPTER XXV GOING TO LONDON

CHAPTER XXVI AUNT JOSEPHINE

CHAPTER XXVII AT DINNER

CHAPTER XXVIII THE GREY HAWK

CHAPTER XXIX WHERE?

CHAPTER XXX THE BLUNT LEAD-PENCIL

CHAPTER XXXI THE MAN WITH THE SWORD

CHAPTER XXXII DARKNESS

CHAPTER XXXIII A STRANGE STEP

CHAPTER XXXIV THE END WHICH WAS THE BEGINNING

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