CHAPTER II. MISS BARHYTE AGREES TO CHANGE HER NAME
CHAPTER III. AFTER DARKNESS
CHAPTER IV. AN EVENING CALL
CHAPTER V. A YELLOW ENVELOPE
CHAPTER VI. BIARRITZ
CHAPTER VII. WHAT MAY BE SEEN FROM A PALCO
CHAPTER VIII. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST
CHAPTER IX. MR. INCOUL DINES IN SPAIN
CHAPTER X. THE POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XI. THE HOUSE IN THE PARC MONCEAU
CHAPTER XII. MR. INCOUL IS PREOCCUPIED
CHAPTER XIII. WHAT MAY BE HEARD IN A GREENROOM
CHAPTER XIV. KARL GROWS A MOUSTACHE
CHAPTER XV. MAY EXPOSTULATES
CHAPTER XVI. THE BARE BODKIN
CHAPTER XVII. MAIDA’S NUPTIALS
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. INCOUL GOES OVER THE ACCOUNTS
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A day or two after Mrs. Bachelor’s reception, Mr. Incoul walked down Madison avenue, turned into one of the adjacent streets and rang the bell of a private boarding-house.
As he stood on the steps waiting for the door to be opened, a butcher-boy passed, whistling shrilly. Across the way a nurse-maid was idling with a perambulator, a slim-figured girl hurried by, a well-dressed woman descended from a carriage and a young man with a flower in his button-hole issued from a neighboring house. The nurse-maid stayed the perambulator and scrutinized the folds of the woman’s gown; the young man eyed the hurrying girl; from the end of the street came the whistle of the retreating butcher, and as it fused into the rumble of Fifth avenue, Mr. Incoul heard the door opening behind him.
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Mr. Incoul was about to reply that many do, but he felt that such a reply would be misplaced, and he called a platitude to his rescue. “There are wives and wives,” he said.
“That is it,” the girl returned, the color mounting to her cheeks; “if I could but be to you one of the latter.”
