The CAREER of KATHERINE BUSH "'After all, I understand you—and I forgive you.'" [PAGE 204] THE CAREER OF KATHERINE BUSH BY ELINOR GLYN ELINOR GLYN AUTHOR OF THE MAN AND THE MOMENT, Etc. Etc ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND FREDERICK NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1916, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Copyright, 1916, by The International Magazine Company Copyright, 1916, by Copyright, 1916, by The International Magazine Company Printed in the United States of America LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE THE CAREER OF KATHERINE BUSH CHAPTER I Dusk was coming on when Katherine Bush left[Pg 1] the office of the Jew money lenders, Livingstone and Devereux, in Holles Street. Theirs was a modest establishment with no indication upon the wire blind of the only street window as to the trade practised by the two owners of the aristocratic names emblazoned upon the dingy transparency. But it was very well known all the same to numerous young bloods who often sought temporary relief within its doors.