CHAPTER VII  

  CHAPTER VIII  

  CHAPTER IX  

  

  PART FOURTH — THE REAPING OF THE SOWING  

  CHAPTER X  

  CHAPTER XI  

  CHAPTER XII  

  CHAPTER XIII  

   

    

       PART FIRST — O LOVE WILL VENTURE IN!     

  

       THE MAN BETWEEN     

  

       CHAPTER I     

       THE thing that I know least about is my beginning. For it is possible to introduce Ethel Rawdon in so many picturesque ways that the choice is embarrassing, and forces me to the conclusion that the actual circumstances, though commonplace, may be the most suitable. Certainly the events that shape our lives are seldom ushered in with pomp or ceremony; they steal upon us unannounced, and begin their work without giving any premonition of their importance.     

       Consequently Ethel had no idea when she returned home one night from 

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