Produced by Al Haines. *SIR HARRY* _A Love Story_ BY ARCHIBALD MARSHALL NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1919 COPYRIGHT, 1919 By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc. The Quinn & Boden Company BOOK MANUFACTURERS RAHWAY NEW JERSEY dedication info _*BY THE SAME AUTHOR*_ THE HOUSE OF MERRILEES RICHARD BALDOCK EXTON MANOR THE SQUIRE’S DAUGHTER THE ELDEST SON THE HONOUR OF THE CLINTONS THE GREATEST OF THESE THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH WATERMEADS UPSIDONIA ABINGTON ABBEY THE GRAFTONS THE CLINTONS, AND OTHERS SIR HARRY *CONTENTS* CHAPTER I. Royd Castle II. Lady Brent III. The Child IV. Fairies V. Mrs. Brent VI. Revolt VII. The Log Cabin VIII. August IX. On the Moor X. Viola XI. The Woodland Pool XII. At the Threshold XIII. The Temple XIV. Bastian XV. Wilbraham XVI. Dilemma XVII. The End XVIII. Afterwards XIX. Wilbraham in London XX. Waiting XXI. Sidney XXII. The Return XXIII. Confidences XXIV. Holiday XXV. Mrs. Brent Knows XXVI. Lady Brent Speaks XXVII. Lady Brent and Viola XXVIII. In the Balance XXIX. Love *SIR HARRY* *CHAPTER I* *ROYD CASTLE* The Reverend David Grant, Vicar-elect of Royd, was a novelist as well as a priest. So when he paid his preliminary visit to Royd Castle, and sat himself down to write to his wife about it he did so with the idea of making his letter a piece of literature; or at least of making her see. For that was literature—making people see. He would take as much trouble over his letter as he would over a chapter of a novel; and when she had read it she would have a clear picture in her mind of the place she was coming to and the people she would meet there. She had not been able to come herself because she was close to her confinement. Poor girl! It was rather hard luck that she should have to miss all this excitement. They had been married thirteen years and had always looked forward to settling into the ideal country parsonage. But either he would have to settle in himself, or else wait a couple of months or so until the baby was born and Ethel was well enough to take a hand in the blissful arrangements. Longing to get to work at it as he was, with money saved from his royalties to be spent in making their home what they wanted it to be, he yet thought that he would prefer to wait until she was strong again. After thirteen years of married life, in circumstances not of the easiest, this couple still liked doings things together.