AUDREY BY MARY JOHNSTON AUTHOR OF “TO HAVE AND TO HOLD” AND “PRISONERS OF HOPE” WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY F.C. YOHN BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1902 COPYRIGHT, 1901, 1902, BY MARY JOHNSTON COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published February, 1902_ _Books by Mary Johnston._ AUDREY. With Illustrations in color. Crown 8vo, $1.50 PRISONERS OF HOPE. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, $1.50. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E.B. THOMPSON, A.W. BETTS, and EMLEN McCONNELL. Crown 8vo, $1.50. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. [Illustration: GAZED WITH WIDE-OPEN EYES AT THE INTRUDER (page 106)] TO ELOISE, ANNE, AND ELIZABETH CONTENTS CHAPTER TITLE PAGE I. THE CABIN IN THE VALLEY 1 II. THE COURT OF THE ORPHAN 16 III. DARDEN’S AUDREY 38 IV. THE ROAD TO WILLIAMSBURGH 52 V. THE STOREKEEPER 63 VI. MASTER AND MAN 73 VII. THE RETURN OF MONSIEUR JEAN HUGON 92 VIII. UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE 106 IX. MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE 117 X. HAWARD AND EVELYN 131 XI. AUDREY OF THE GARDEN 145 XII. THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN 163 XIII. A SABBATH DAY’S JOURNEY 179 XIV. THE BEND IN THE ROAD 194 XV. HUGON SPEAKS HIS MIND 206 XVI. AUDREY AND EVELYN 222 XVII. WITHIN THE PLAYHOUSE 237 XVIII. A QUESTION OF COLORS 249 XIX. THE GOVERNOR’S BALL 262 XX. THE UNINVITED GUEST 273 XXI. AUDREY AWAKES 287 XXII. BY THE RIVERSIDE 300 XXIII. A DUEL 312 XXIV. AUDREY COMES TO WESTOVER 322 XXV. TWO WOMEN 337 XXVI. SANCTUARY 349 XXVII. THE MISSION OF TRUELOVE 363