ROLAND WHATELY [Illustration: colophon] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO ROLAND WHATELY _A Novel_ BY ALEC WAUGH AUTHOR OF “THE LOOM OF YOUTH” New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1922 _All Rights Reserved_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and printed. Published September, 1922. Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A. TO MY FRIEND CLIFFORD BAX CONTENTS PART I.--THE OPENING ROUND CHAPTER PAGE I. TWO HAPHAZARDS 3 II. THE OUTCOME 14 III. RALPH AND APRIL 23 IV. A KISS 35 V. A POTENTIAL DIPLOMAT 44 VI. APRIL’S LOOKING-GLASS 59 VII. A SORRY BUSINESS 67 PART II.--THE RIVAL FORCES VIII. A FORTUNATE MEETING 99 IX. HOGSTEAD 112 X. YOUNG LOVE 127 XI. THE ROMANCE OF VARNISH 151 XII. MARSTON AND MARSTON 167 XIII. LILITH OF OLD 175 XIV. THE TWO CURRENTS 196 PART III.--THE FIRST ENCOUNTERS XV. SUCCESS 209 XVI. LILITH AND MURIEL 244 PART IV.--ONE WAY OR ANOTHER XVII. THREE YEARS 253 XVIII. THREE DAYS 261 XIX. THE LONELY UNICORN 285 XX. THERE’S ROSEMARY 304