CHAPTER I

The souls—­lord Curzon’s poem and dinner party and who were these
—­MARGOT’S inventory of the group—­Tilt with the late lady
Londonderry—­visit to Tennyson; his contempt for critics; his
habit of living—­J.  K. S. Not A soul—­MARGOT’S friendship with
John Addington Symonds; his praise of Marie Bashkirtseff

CHAPTER II

Character sketch of Margot—­plans to start A magazine—­meets
master of balliol; Jowett’s orthodoxy; his interest in and
influence over Margot—­rose in “Robert Elsmere” Identified as
Margot—­Jowett’s opinion of Newman—­Jowett advises Margot to
marry—­HUXLEY’S blasphemy

CHAPTER III

Fast and furious hunting in Leicestershire—­country house party
and A new admirer—­friendship with lord and lady manners

CHAPTER IV

Margot falls in love again—­“Havoc” In the hunting field; A fall
and A Ducking—­the famous Mrs. Bo; unheeded advice from A rival—­A
lovers’ quarrel—­Peter jumps in the window—­the American trotter—­
another lover intervenes—­Peter returns from India; illumination
from A dark woman

CHAPTER V

The Asquith family tree—­Herbert H. Asquith’s mother—­Asquith’s
first marriage; meets Margot Tennant for first time—­talk till
dawn on house of Commons’ Terrace; other meetings—­engagement A
London sensation—­marriage an event

CHAPTER VI

The Asquith children by the first marriage—­MARGOT’S stepdaughter
violet—­memory of the first Mrs. Asquith—­Raymond’s brilliant
career—­Arthur’s heroism in the war