Chapter II: Part II

I. BETTY'S WEDDING 161
II. TOWARDS THE CANAAN OF HER DESIRE 183
III. THE SUPREME CALL 204
IV. "PINK" OR DIAMOND ROW 227
V. MARY AND THE "BIG OPPORTUNITY" 244
VI. PHIL WALKS IN 266
VII. HER GREAT RENUNCIATION 278
VIII. HOW IT ALL ENDED 300

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"'I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST AN OLD MAID SISTER IN
SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOME'" (_see page 34_) _Frontispiece_

"THERE WAS ONLY TIME TO . . . HASTILY CLASP THE
LITTLE GLOVED HAND HELD OUT TO HIM" 4

"'I'LL SLEEP BETTER IF THEY ARE ON THEIR POLES
INSTEAD OF ON MY MIND'" 26

"'I WISH WE COULD SETTLE THINGS BY A FEATHER,
AS THEY USED TO IN THE OLD FAIRY TALES'" 77

"SEVERAL TIMES SHE STOPPED JACK IN PASSING TO
ASK HIM A QUESTION" 118

"'DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU EVER SAW
THIS?'" 167

"GAZING INTO THE SWEET FACE THAT SEEMED TO SMILE
HELPFULLY BACK AT HER" 240

"'IT WAS AS IF WE HAD REACHED THAT LAND THAT WE
USED TO SING ABOUT'" 310

PART I

MARY WARE'S PROMISED LAND