CHAPTER I
THE INCLINING OF A TWIG
CHAPTER II
HIS UNCLE AND HIS COUSIN
CHAPTER III
RODNEY ELMORE THE FIRST
CHAPTER IV
THE THREE GIRLS AND THE THREE TELEGRAMS
CHAPTER V
STELLA
CHAPTER VI
GLADYS
CHAPTER VII
MARY
CHAPTER VIII
BY THE 9.10; THE FIRST PART OF THE JOURNEY
CHAPTER IX
THE SECOND
CHAPTER X
IN THE CARRIAGE--ALONE
CHAPTER XI
THE STRANGER
CHAPTER XII
MARKING TIME
CHAPTER XIII
SPREADING HIS WINGS
CHAPTER XIV
BUSINESS FIRST, PLEASURE AFTERWARDS
CHAPTER XV
MABEL JOYCE
CHAPTER XVI
THOMAS AUSTIN, SENIOR
CHAPTER XVII
THE ACTING HEAD OF THE FIRM
CHAPTER XVIII
THE PERFECT LOVER
CHAPTER XIX
THE FEW WORDS AT THE END OF THE EVENING
CHAPTER XX
THE FIRST LINE OF AN OLD SONG
CHAPTER XXI
THE DEAD MAN'S LETTER
CHAPTER XXII
PHILIP WALTER AUGUSTUS PARKER
CHAPTER XXIII
NECESSARY CREDENTIALS
CHAPTER XXIV
LOVERS PARTING
CHAPTER XXV
STELLA'S BETROTHAL FEAST
CHAPTER XXVI
GOOD NIGHT
CHAPTER XXVII
THE GENTLEMAN'S DEPARTURE AND THE LADY'S EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER XXVIII
A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE