Transcriber’s Note: The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. BY EDITH WHARTON
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS A SON AT THE FRONTBY EDITH WHARTON Something veil’d and abstracted is often a part of the manners of these beings.—Walt Whitman NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS MCMXXIII Copyright, 1922, 1923, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Printed in the United States of America Published September, 1923 IN MEMORY OF RONALD SIMMONS |