BOOK II

THREE YEARS AFTER

I. CELIA MAKES HER PROFESSIONAL DÉBUT IN LONDON 125

II. A NEW PROJECT DISCUSSED 136

III. FITZJOHN’S AVENUE, HAMPSTEAD,--OR JERUSALEM? 147

IV. A LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA 157

V. THE WILTONS OF WOODRUFFE 165

VI. CELIA’S AWAKENING 173

VII. WHITE HEATHER 182

VIII. THE RING RETURNED 191

IX. AN OUTCAST IN ISRAEL 199

X. STRELITZKI PAVES THE WAY FOR HIS REVENGE 210

XI. THE STANNARD BALL, AND AFTER--AN EVENTFUL NIGHT 223

XII. A WOMAN’S LOVE 237

XIII. THE ACME FURNISHING COMPANY 251

XIV. “THE VOICE OF THE CHARMER,” AND AN UNEXPECTED MEETING 263

XV. NINETTE TELLS HER STORY 276

XVI. THE DARKNESS DEEPENS AROUND NINETTE 291

XVII. BOTH SIDES OF THE CURTAIN 305

XVIII. “NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK”--ONE GOD OVER ALL 319