E-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) THE KEY NOTE THE KEY NOTE A Novel BY CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM BOSTON AND NEW YORKHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANYThe Riverside Press Cambridge1921 COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY CLARA LOUISE BURNHAMALL RIGHTS RESERVED TOJOSEPHINE CONTENTS The Rapscallion Veronica A Friendly Pact Biography A Firelight Interview The Haunted Farm Another Wound Sketches A Working Plan Nicholas Gayne Confides