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WHICH SHALL SPEAK FIRST? Ronald West stood at the window of his wife's sitting-room, looking across the bright garden-borders to the wide park beyond, and wondering how on earth he should open t…
THE SOB OF THE WOMAN Helen took off her riding-hat, and passed her fingers through the abundant waves of her hair. "How long would it take you, Ronnie?" "Well—including the journey out…
HELEN TAKES THE INITIATIVE Having once made up her mind that it was right and wise to let Ronnie go, Helen did not falter. She immediately took control of all necessary arrangements. Nothing was forg…
FIRELIGHT IN THE STUDIO It was Ronnie's last evening in England. The parting, which had seemed so far away, must take place on the morrow. It took all Helen's bright courage to keep up Ronn…
THE INFANT OF PRAGUE Two men, in a flat at Leipzig, sat on either side of a tall porcelain stove. The small door in the stove stood open, letting a ruddy glow shine from within, a poor substitute for…
AUBREY PUTS DOWN HIS FOOT Ronnie's first sensation as he returned to consciousness, was of extreme lassitude and exhaustion. His eyelids lifted heavily; he had some difficulty in realising where…
A FRIEND IN NEED As Aubrey Treherne, on his way back from despatching the telegram, stood in the general entrance hall, fumbling with the latch-key at the door of his own flat, a tall young man in an…
PARADISE LOST Aubrey Treherne sat at his writing-table, his head buried in his hands. Before him lay the closely-written sheets of his letter to Helen; beside them her pencil note which had fallen, u…
THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE Aubrey's letter fell upon Helen as a crushing, stunning blow. At first her womanhood reeled beneath it. "What have I been—what have I done," she cried, "…
RONNIE ARRIVES IN A FOG Ronnie reached Liverpool Street Station at 8 o'clock on a foggy November morning. After the quiet night on the steamer, the landing in darkness at Harwich, and the steady…
