CHAPTER XVII—DESTINY CHAPTER XVIII—MAN AND WOMAN CHAPTER XIX—THE SEEDS OF SORROW CHAPTER XX—PRIVATE INTERESTS CHAPTER XXI—THE CLASH CHAPTER XXII—THE CALL OF THE DESERT CHAPTER XXIII—THE NATURE OF WOMEN CHAPTER XXIV—THE GREAT ADVENTURE CHAPTER XXV—BREAKING LOOSE CHAPTER XXVI—THE STOLEN HOUR CHAPTER XXVII—THE FLIGHT CHAPTER XXVIII—THE SURPRISING FORTNIGHT CHAPTER XXIX—IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH CHAPTER XXX—THE REVOLT CHAPTER XXXI—PAYING THE PRICE CHAPTER XXXII—THINKING THINGS OVER CHAPTER XXXIII—THE RETURN CHAPTER I—A STUDY IN BEHAVIOUR The music ceased. For a full minute the many dancers stood as the dance had left them, stranded, so to speak, upon the polished floor of the ballroom, clapping their white-gloved hands in what seemed to be an appeal to the tired musicians to release them from their awkward situation. The chef d’orchestre rose from his chair and shook his head, pointing to the beads of moisture upon his sallow forehead. Two or three couples, more merciful than their
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