“‘Me lord, the taxi waits!’” 179

Mazie Gray 183

“And the last rose dropped from her hand” 188-189

“’How perfectly horrid you can be!’she exclaimed” 199

“She began by balancing her check book” 224

“He stood before it, searching in it for any hint of that elusive and mysterious something” 229

“‘I shall have need of friends,’ she said half to herself” 245

‘"Don’t do it, Valerie!’” 247

“Ogilvy stood looking sentimentally at the two young girls” 249

“Valerie’s lips trembled on the edge of a smile as she bent lower over her sewing” 286

“She and Rita dined with him once or twice” 293

“Tall, transparently pale, negative in character” 297

“Her poise, her unconsciousness, the winning simplicity of her manner were noticed everywhere” 307

“‘Where do you keep those pretty models, Louis?’ he demanded” 315

“‘Your—­profession—­must be an exceedingly interesting one,’ said Lily” 326

“It was a large, thick, dark book, and weighed nearly four pounds” 338

The Countess d’Enver 347

“‘May I sit here with you until she arrives?  I am Stephanie Swift’” 355

“‘John, you don’t look very well,’ said Valerie” 359

“‘It is very beautiful, Louis,’ said his mother, with a smile of pride” 387

“‘You are not happy, Louis’” 390

“‘What have you been saying to your mother?’ he asked” 404

“’If you’ll place a lump of sugar on my nose, and say “when,” I’ll perform’” 409

“And what happier company for her than her thoughts—­what tenderer companionship than her memories?” 413

“She prowled around the library, luxuriously, dipping into inviting volumes” 415

“‘Miss West!’ he exclaimed.  ’How on earth did you ever find your way into my woods?’” 417

“‘Dearest,’ he whispered, putting his arm around her, ’you must come with us’” 427

“‘Well, Louis, what do you know about this?’” 430

“The parrot greeted her, flapping his brilliant wings and shrieking from his perch” 449

“‘And they—­the majority of them—­are, after all, just men’” 453

“His thoughts were mostly centred on Valerie” 458

“Ogilvy ... began a lively fencing bout with an imaginary adversary” 479

“Then Rita came silently on sandalled feet to stand behind him and look at what he had done” 483

“’You’d better understand, Kelly, that Rita Tevis is as well born as I am’” 491

“She knelt down beside the bed and ... said whatever prayer she had in mind” 507

“She was longer over her hair ... gathering it and bringing it under discipline” 510

“‘Yes,’ she said, ‘it is really great’” 521

“’I am scared blue.  That’s why I’m holding on to your hand so desperately’” 531

THE COMMON LAW