ILLUSTRATED BY
L LESLIE BROOKE

MACMILLAN & CO
LONDON MDCCCXCI

TO
MY FAR-AWAY
BUT FAITHFUL FRIEND
GISÉLA

Lindfield,
August 22, 1891.

She was sitting in the dame's old-fashioned armchair, in the window of the little room; the bright summer sunshine streaming in behind her.—P. 31.