Produced by Al Haines. *DIVIDING WATERS* BY *I. A. R. WYLIE* AUTHOR OF "THE RAJAH’S PEOPLE," "MY GERMAN YEAR" SECOND EDITION MILLS & BOON, LIMITED 49 RUPERT STREET LONDON, W. _Published_ 1911 _Copyright_ 1911 _in the United States of America by I. A. R. Wylie_ *CONTENTS* BOOK I CHAP. I. The Mistakes of Providence II. "Wanderlust" III. An Experiment IV. Outward Bound V. Among the Heathen VI. A Letter Home VII. A Duet VIII. The Awakening IX. Renunciation X. Youth and the Barrier XI. Wolff makes his Debut in Delford XII. Nora Forsakes Her Country BOOK II I. The New Home II. —And the New Life III. A Meeting IV. A Visitor Arrives in Karlsburg V. The Cub as Lion VI. In Which the Rev. John Receives a Shock VII. Wolff Sells a Horse and Nora Loses a Friend VIII. Rising Shadows IX. Arnold Receives His Explanation X. Nemesis XI. The Fetish XII. War-Clouds XIII. Ultimatum XIV. The Code of Honour XV. The Sea Between BOOK III THE BRIDGE I. Home II. Exiled III. Revelation IV. The Bridge Across *DIVIDING WATERS* *BOOK I* *CHAPTER I* *THE MISTAKES OF PROVIDENCE* The family Ingestre sat in conclave. That they sat together at all at any time other than a meal-time was in itself sufficient proof that the subject of their debate was unusually serious: their faces and attitudes added conclusive evidence. The Reverend John Ingestre occupied his chair of state at the head of the long table. He was a middle-sized man, with narrow, sloping shoulders, which were at that particular moment drawn up into an uncomfortable hunch. When he spoke he pulled at his thin beard and glanced at his wife surreptitiously over his spectacles, as though seeking her advice or support—actions which gave his whole person an air of harassed nervousness.