BOOK IV. THIN SOIL.

I. CONVOCATION 289

II. LOCKWOOD 291

III. FREDA COMES HOME 298

IV. THE OPTIMIST 305

V. MAUNEY MEETS MRS. MACDOWELL 308

VI. A SUMMER AT HOME 316

VII. THE FIRST DAY 321

VIII. AN OLD FRIEND 332

IX. SEEN AT THE MARKET 339

X. THE RELIABLE MAN 347

XI. THE MUSIC OF SILENCE AND OF DRUM 353

XII. THE ST. LAWRENCE HEARS A DIALOGUE 358

XIII. DISTRESS 365

XIV. WHAT YELLOW EYES SAW 374

XV. WHAT WAS INEVITABLE 387

XVI. GYPSIES’ FIRE 392