CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. A Social Mystery 7 II. The Mystery Deepens 13 III. Prof. Poppendorf 19 IV. Prof. Poppendorf's Lecture 29 V. A Conversation with the Disagreeable Woman 41 VI. Count Penelli 50 VII. Macy's 61 VIII. The Professor in Love 71 IX. An Evening at the Boarding-House 82 X. A Rustic Admirer 93 XI. A Poor Patient 104 XII. The Disagreeable Woman in a New Light 112 XIII. Mrs. Wyman's Curiosity 117 XIV. The Quality of Mercy 122 XV. The Professor's Courtship 128 XVI. Sits the Wind in that Quarter? 139 XVII. My Rich Patient 150 XVIII. The Professor's Book 156 XIX. A Speech from the Throne 162 XX. A Startling Discovery 169 XXI. After Three Months 174 XXII. I Appeal to the Disagreeable Woman 181 XXIII. At Last 185 XXIV. The Light of Hope 189