HARPER & BROTHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
M.C.M.I.X
Copyright, 1908, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
_All rights reserved._
Published May, 1909.
[Transcriber's note: The name of the author, Basil King, does not appear
in the text.]
_ILLUSTRATIONS_
SHE STOOD WATCHING THE RISE AND DIP OF
THE STEAMER'S BOW (See page 61) _Frontispiece_
THE BANKER TOOK A LONGER TIME THAN WAS
NECESSARY TO SCAN THE POOR LITTLE LIST _Facing p_. 46
PRESENTLY ALL FOUR WERE ON THEIR WAY
BACK TO THE DRAWING-ROOM " 78
DIANE PROPPED THE CABLEGRAM IN A CONSPICUOUS
PLACE " 152
"I'VE NO ONE TO SPEAK A WORD FOR ME BUT
YOU" " 202
IT WAS WHAT MRS. WAPPINGER CALLED AN
"OFF-DAY" " 252