TWILIGHT _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ PIGS IN CLOVER BACCARAT THE SPHINX’S LAWYER THE HEART OF A CHILD AN INCOMPLEAT ETONIAN LET THE ROOF FALL IN JOSEPH IN JEOPARDY DR. PHILLIPS A BABE OF BOHEMIA CONCERT PITCH FULL SWING NELSON’S LEGACY THE STORY BEHIND THE VERDICT TWILIGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWILIGHT BY FRANK DANBY AUTHOR OF “PIGS IN CLOVER,” “THE HEART OF A CHILD,” “THE STORY BEHIND THE VERDICT,” ETC. [Illustration] NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1916 COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWILIGHT CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER I A couple of years ago, on the very verge of the illness that subsequently overwhelmed me, I took a small furnished house in Pineland. I made no inspection of the place, but signed the agreement at the instance of the local house-agent, who proved little less inventive than the majority of his _confrères_.