BOOK II

THE MAN

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XVII.--THE MONOGRAM 157

XVIII.--THE PHIAL 176

XIX.--I MAKE MY FIRST MOVE 187

XX.--THE LITTLE HOUSE IN NEW JERSEY 192

XXI.--MILLE-FLEURS 201

XXII.--A DISAGREEABLE HOUR WITH A DISAGREEABLE MAN 212

XXIII.--IN MY OFFICE 224

XXIV.--AN OLD CATASTROPHE IS RECALLED 239

XXV.--A SUMMONS 255

XXVI.--FERRY LIGHTS 262

XXVII.--RAIN 272

XXVIII.--BY THE LIGHT OF A GUTTERING CANDLE 282

XXIX.--THE QUIET HOUR 313

XXX.--AN UNEXPECTED ALLY 320

XXXI.--SWEETWATER HAS AN IDEA 327

XXXII.--WITH THE SHADE DOWN 336

XXXIII.--IN WHICH WE CAN PARDON MR. GRYCE HIS UNFORTUNATE ILLNESS 344

XXXIV.--"IT WAS THE SHOCK!" 352

XXXV.--ROSES 363

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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"_That of a hand holding a bottle_" Frontispiece

"_One hand was pressed against his heart_" 4

"_Crouched against the farther wall, with wide-extended eyes fixed full upon us_" 30

"_I saw her wild figure jump out and plunge away in the direction of the river_" 186

"_In two minutes I was under that open window_" 276

"_She glided into our presence in one rapturous whirl_" 296

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ONE OF MY SONS