PAGE PREAMBLE ................................... vii CHAPTER I. MRS. DODGE AND MRS. CROMWELL....... 1 II. A LADY ACROSS THE STREET........... 15 III. PERVERSITY OF A TELEPHONE.......... 24 IV. A GREAT MAN’S WIFE................. 33 V. ONE OF MRS. CROMWELL’S DAUGHTERS... 47 VI. SALLIE EALING...................... 63 VII. NAPOLEON WAS A LITTLE MAN.......... 79 VIII. MRS. DODGE’S ONLY DAUGHTER......... 90 IX. MRS. DODGE’S HUSBAND............... 104 X. LILY’S ALMOST FIRST ENGAGEMENT..... 110 XI. MRS. CROMWELL’S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.. 126 XII. HER HAPPIEST HOUR.................. 142 XIII. HEARTBREAK......................... 164 XIV. MRS. DODGE’S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR... 172 XV. MRS. DODGE DECLINES TO TELL........ 182 XVI. MRS. LESLIE BRAITHWAITE’S HUSBAND.. 206 XVII. “DOLLING”.......................... 216 XVIII. LILY’S FRIEND ADA.................. 223 XIX. PARENTS IN DARKNESS................ 246 XX. DAMSEL DARK, DAMSEL FAIR........... 254 XXI. MRS. CROMWELL’S NIECE.............. 263 XXII. WALLFLOWER......................... 275 XXIII. THE STRANGE MIRROR................. 290 XXIV. TRANSFIGURATION.................... 297 XXV. GLAMOUR CAN BE KEPT................ 309 XXVI. DESERT SAND........................ 314 XXVII. MIRACULOUS ACCIDENT................ 327 XXVIII. A PUBLIC MOCKERY................... 345 XXIX. MRS. CROMWELL’S OLDEST DAUGHTER.... 362 XXX. MRS. CROMWELL’S SONS-IN-LAW........ 400 XXXI. THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER............. 410 PREAMBLE