
AUTHOR OF
"JOHN BULL AND CO." "JOHN BULL AND HIS ISLAND"
"JONATHAN AND HIS CONTINENT" ETC.

LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE & CO.
AND NEW YORK
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I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME
TO MY WIFE
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| I. | FRENCH AND ENGLISH HOMES | 9 |
| II. | THE HOUSE IN ELM AVENUE | 13 |
| III. | THE PORTRAIT | 19 |
| IV. | DORA | 38 |
| V. | THE DRAMATIC AUTHOR AND THE PATRON OF ARTS | 60 |
| VI. | THE INVENTOR | 83 |
| VII. | THE NEW HOUSE | 94 |
| VIII. | THE HOUSE-WARMING | 104 |
| IX. | THE CONFESSION | 109 |
| X. | BELGRAVIA | 125 |
| XI. | GENERAL SABAROFF | 145 |
| XII. | THE HUSBAND, THE WIFE, AND THE OTHER | 164 |
| XIII. | A CRUEL ORDEAL | 177 |
| XIV. | EVA | 209 |
| XV. | THE SEPARATION | 217 |
| XVI. | PHILIP RETURNS TO THE FOLD | 235 |
| XVII. | DORA'S STUDIO | 246 |
| XVIII. | LORIMER'S PLOT | 270 |
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