CONTENTS

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Part I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. URSULA 1
II. THE DOMINÉ 6
III. HOME 10
IV. THE VAN HELMONTS 18
V. LE PREMIER PAS—QUI COÛTE 25
VI. UNCONSCIOUS RIVALS 34
VII. HARRIET’S ROMANCE 43
VIII. THE TRYST 53
IX. OTTO’S WOOING 63
X. AN INDELIBLE STAIN 74
XI. ONE HOUR OF HAPPINESS 83
XII. “AN OLD MAID’S LOVE” 94
XIII. FOR LIFE OR DEATH 105
XIV. A SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT 113
XV. DONNA É MOBILE 119
XVI. A FOOL AND HIS FOLLY 127
Part II
XVII. BROTHERLY HATE 136
XVIII. THE DUTY OF THE PARENT 142
XIX. FORFEITS ALL ROUND 151
XX. MYNHEER MOPIUS’S PARTY 159
XXI. BARON VAN HELMONT 169
XXII. GERARD’S SHARE 174
XXIII. TOPSY REXELAER 187
XXIV. MASKS AND FACES 195
XXV. CORONETS AND CROSSES 208
XXVI. FREULE LOUISA 216
XXVII. PEACE AND GOOD-WILL 224
XXVIII. THE SECOND MRS. MOPIUS 231
XXIX. THE BLOT ON THE SNOW 236
XXX. CHRISTMAS EVE 243
XXXI. “WHOSOEVER SHALL SMITE THEE—” 250
XXXII. THE GREAT PEACE 257
Part III
XXXIII. INTRIGUE 267
XXXIV. THE NEW LIFE 276
XXXV. “MRS. GERARD” 281
XXXVI. THE DEAD-AWAKE 291
XXXVII. POLITICS 297
XXXVIII. THE OLD BLOT 308
XXXIX. THE COUNSELLOR 316
XL. THE NEW BAILIFF 323
XLI. THUNDER IN THE TROPICS 335
XLII. THE FINGER OF SCORN 351

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