CONTENTS
Anne Warner
I.
On a Moonlight Night in Simla
7
II.
A Psychological Contretemps
18
III.
The Cobra in the Corner
29
IV.
A White Slipper and a Red Stain
38
V.
The Question of the Dead Alive
49
VI.
A Hard Man and Bitter
59
VII.
The Cross and the Crown
69
VIII.
In a World within a World
80
IX.
There's a Lass in Dundee!
91
X.
A Prayer and a Prophecy
102
XI.
Things One Shouldn't Say
113
XII.
The Joy of Interest
123
XIII.
Surprises for the Broken-Hearted
131
XIV.
Truths, Kisses, and Ducal Ennui
140
XV.
A Last Walk and a Last Appeal
149
XVI.
Where Amor Led
160
XVII.
The Intervention of the Unforeseen
171
XVIII.
At Cross Saddle
182
XIX.
Fate's Fearful Ingenuity
187
XX.
Fires of One Kind and Another
191
XXI.
An End to the Gossip
200
XXII.
The Interrupted Honeymoon
211
XXIII.
A Mysterious Widow of Bath
222
XXIV.
The Disinterested Married Man
233
XXV.
The Interested Married Man
245
XXVI.
Three Persons Go Three Ways
250
XXVII.
Reason Tottering on Its Throne
261
XXVIII.
Incarnate or Reincarnate
269
XXIX.
The Mantle of Heroism
280
XXX.
A Letter and a Legacy
292
XXXI.
What They Knew and Thought
299
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