Copyright, 1923, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

Printed in the United States of America

Published March, 1923

TO
MY WIFE
EUGENIE LONERGAN SPEARMAN

CONTENTS

• CHAPTER PAGE
• I. The Spring of 1916 3
• II. The Evening at Harrison’s 18
• III. Durand and Company 32
• IV. Janeway Visits Eagles Nest 43
• V. Louise Encounters Janeway 56
• VI. The Bishop’s Story 66
• VII. Enter Maymie 80
• VIII. Three Years After 93
• IX. The Quarrel 110
• X. Face to Face 128
• XI. Louise Gathers Cattails 137
• XII. Janeway Speaks 152
• XIII. Judge Harrison Suspects 159
• XIV. Gertrude Astonished 166
• XV. Louise Speaks 178
• XVI. At the Bazaar 197
• XVII. Janeway Interviews the Bishop 208
• XVIII. Day-Dreams 219
• XIX. The Ordeal Looms 237
• XX. Disquieting News 255
• XXI. Can I Win Again? 270
• XXII. Louise Awaits Durand 284
• XXIII. The Interpellation 293
• XXIV. The Lips Are the Lips of the Bishop, but the Voice Is the Voice of St. Paul 302
• XXV. In the Last Hour 313

THE MARRIAGE VERDICT

THE MARRIAGE VERDICT