BY
MRS. HUMPHRY WARD
Author of "Eleanor" "Robert Elsmere" etc. etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY
1903
ILLUSTRATION
"AS THOUGH SHE LISTENED STILL TO WORDS IN HER EARS" . . . . _Frontispiece_
"LADY HENRY LISTENED EAGERLY" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Facing p_. 30
"'INDEED I WILL!' CRIED SIR WILFRID, AND THEY WALKED ON". . . . . . . 52
"LADY HENRY GASPED. SHE FELL BACK INTO HER CHAIR" . . . . . . . . . . 100
"HE ENTERED UPON A MERRY SCENE" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
"'FOR MY ROSE'S CHILD,' HE SAID, GENTLY". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
"HER HANDS CLASPED IN FRONT OF HER" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
"SHE FOUND HERSELF KNEELING BESIDE HIM" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480