THE LION'S SHARE by Arnold Bennett First Published 1916. _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ NOVELS-- A MAN FROM THE NORTH ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS LEONORA A GREAT MAN SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE WHOM GOD HATH JOINED BURIED ALIVE THE OLD WIVES' TALE THE GLIMPSE HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND CLAYHANGER HILDA LESSWAYS THESE TWAIN THE CARD THE REGENT THE PRICE OF LOVE FANTASIAS-- THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL THE GATES OF WRATH TERESA OF WATLING STREET THE LOOT OF CITIES HUGO THE GHOST THE CITY OF PLEASURE SHORT STORIES-- TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS BELLES-LETTRES-- JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN FAME AND FICTION HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR THE REASONABLE LIFE HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY THE HUMAN MACHINE LITERARY TASTE FRIENDSHIP AND HAPPINESS THOSE UNITED STATES MARRIAGE LIBERTY DRAMA-- POLITE FARCES CUPID AND COMMONSENSE WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS THE HONEYMOON THE GREAT ADVENTURE MILESTONES (in collaboration with Edward Knoblauch) * * * * * (In collaboration with Eden Phillpotts) THE SINEWS OF WAR: A Romance THE STATUE: A Romance CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. MISS INGATE, AND THE YACHT 2. THE THIEF'S PLAN WRECKED 3. THE LEGACY 4. MR. FOULGER 5. THE DEAD HAND 6. THE YOUNG WIDOW 7. THE CIGARETTE GIRL 8. EXPLOITATION OF WIDOWHOOD 9. LIFE IN PARIS 10. FANCY DRESS 11. A POLITICAL REFUGEE 12. WIDOWHOOD IN THE STUDIO 13. THE SWOON 14. MISS INGATE POINTS OUT THE DOOR 15. THE RIGHT BANK 16. ROBES 17. SOIRÉE 18. A DECISION 19. THE BOUDOIR 20. PAGET GARDENS 21. JANE 22. THE DETECTIVE 23. THE BLUE CITY 24. THE SPATTS 25. THE MUTE 26. NOCTURNE 27. IN THE GARDEN 28. ENCOUNTER 29. FLIGHT 30. ARIADNE 31. THE NOSTRUM 32. BY THE BINNACLE 33. AGUILAR'S DOUBLE LIFE 34. THE TANK-ROOM 35. THE THIRD SORT OF WOMAN 36. IN THE DINGHY 37. AFLOAT 38. IN THE UNIVERSE 39. THE IMMINENT DRIVE 40. GENIUS AT BAY 41. FINANCIAL NEWS 42. INTERVAL 43. ENTR'ACTE 44. END OF THE CONCERT 45. STRANGE RESULT OF A QUARREL 46. AN EPILOGUE CHAPTER I MISS INGATE, AND THE YACHT Audrey had just closed the safe in her father's study when she was startled by a slight noise. She turned like a defensive animal to face danger. It had indeed occurred to her that she was rather like an animal in captivity, and she found a bitter pleasure in the idea, though it was not at all original. "And Flank Hall is my Zoo!" she had said. (Not that she had ever seen the Zoological Gardens or visited London.)