Chapter 2

I. BETTY'S WEDDING 161 II. TOWARDS THE CANAAN OF HER DESIRE 183 III. THE SUPREME CALL 204 IV. "PINK" OR DIAMOND ROW 227 V. MARY AND THE "BIG OPPORTUNITY" 244 VI. PHIL WALKS IN 266 VII. HER GREAT RENUNCIATION 278 VIII. HOW IT ALL ENDED 300

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"'I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST AN OLD MAID SISTER IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOME'" (_see page 34_) _Frontispiece_

"THERE WAS ONLY TIME TO . . . HASTILY CLASP THE LITTLE GLOVED HAND HELD OUT TO HIM" 4

"'I'LL SLEEP BETTER IF THEY ARE ON THEIR POLES INSTEAD OF ON MY MIND'" 26

"'I WISH WE COULD SETTLE THINGS BY A FEATHER, AS THEY USED TO IN THE OLD FAIRY TALES'" 77

"SEVERAL TIMES SHE STOPPED JACK IN PASSING TO ASK HIM A QUESTION" 118

"'DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU EVER SAW THIS?'" 167

"GAZING INTO THE SWEET FACE THAT SEEMED TO SMILE HELPFULLY BACK AT HER" 240

"'IT WAS AS IF WE HAD REACHED THAT LAND THAT WE USED TO SING ABOUT'" 310