Produced by Suzanne Shell, Jen Haines and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Transcribers Note: Spelling variations and colloquial spellings have been retained as they appear in the original. ATHALIE [Illustration: "'Clive is a good deal of a man.... I never had a better companion.'" [PAGE 242.]] ATHALIE BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANK CRAIG NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS COPYRIGHT, 1914, 1915, BY THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY Printed in the United States of America TO MY FRIEND MESSMORE KENDALL LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "'Clive is a good deal of a man.... I never had a better companion.'" _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "'Boy?' inquired Ledlie, resting one soil-incrusted boot on his spade." 2 "'I'd like to come down here for the summer vacation,' said the boy, awkwardly." 34 "'I'm glad I saw you,' said the girl; 'I hope you won't forget me.'" 40 "C. Bailey, Jr., and Athalie Greensleeve ... had supped together more than once at the Regina." 78 "Beside her, eager, happy, flattered, walked C. Bailey, Jr., very conscious that he was being envied." 80 "'I like her,' repeated Clive, Jr., a trifle annoyed." 82 "It was in this place that Clive encountered Cecil Reeve one stormy midnight." 114 "He rather liked being with his own sort again." 116 "'Wasn't a civil bow enough?'" 126 "One lovely morning in May she arose early in order to write to Clive." 148 "Mr. Wahlbaum ... was very quiet, very considerate, very attentive." 150 "Doris continued to haunt agencies and theatrical offices." 154 "With him she visited the various museums and art galleries." 168 "With a basket containing Hafiz, her suit-case, and a furled umbrella she started for her new lodgings." 178 "'Wasn't it suicide?' asked Athalie." 180 "She said in a low voice, still watching intently: 'Blue sky, green trees, a snowy shore, and little azure wavelets....'" 210 "Mrs. Bailey, Jr., looked pale and pretty sitting there." 232