Transcriber's Notes Where possible, punctuation has been normalized to contemporary standards. Several different styles of thought breaks (vertical space, dots, stars, line) have been retained from the original. Obvious typographic and spelling errors have been corrected. Diacritical marks are as they appeared in the printed book, and may not reflect current usage. All illustrations link to full-size images by clicking on the caption. MAN AND MAID Suzette (Renee Adoree) makes the tedious hours of the wounded Sir Nicholas Thormonde (Lew Cody) seem less monotonous. (A scene from Elinor Glyn's production "Man and Maid" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) MAN AND MAID By ELINOR GLYN A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by arrangement with J. B. Lippincott Company Printed in U.S.A. COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY ELINOR GLYN MAN AND MAID 5 I February, 1918. I am sick of my lifeāThe war has robbed it of all that a young man can find of joy.