Chapter I: Front Matter

The Fire Within

By
Patricia Wentworth
(Mrs. G. F. Dillon)
Author of “A Marriage under the Terror,” etc.

“_Quench thou the fires of your old gods,
Quench not the fire within._”
Matthew Arnold.

G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
_The Knickerbocker Press_
1913

Copyright, 1913
by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

_The Knickerbocker Press, New York_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Mr. Mottisfont’s Opinion of his Nephew 1
II. David Blake 18
III. Dead Men’s Shoes 30
IV. A Man’s Honour 40
V. Town Talk 56
VI. The Letter 66
VII. Elizabeth Chantrey 77
VIII. Edward Sings 91
IX. Mary Is Shocked 107
X. Edward Is Put Out 120
XI. Forgotten Ways 134
XII. The Grey Wolf 143
XIII. March Goes Out 156
XIV. The Golden Wind 163
XV. Love Must to School 171
XVI. Friendship 179
XVII. The Dream 188
XVIII. The Face of Love 199
XIX. The Full Moon 207
XX. The Woman of the Dream 214
XXI. Elizabeth Blake 225
XXII. After the Dream 236
XXIII. Elizabeth Waits 243
XXIV. The Lost Name 258

The Fire Within