Chapter I: Front Matter

The Inner Flame

A Novel

by
Clara Louise Burnham

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Contents

I. A NOVEMBER NIGHT 1

II. SEVERED COMPANIONSHIP 25

III. MRS. FABIAN'S VISIT 41

IV. PHILIP SIDNEY 55

V. ELIZA'S INVITATION 79

VI. BROTHER AND SISTER 95

VII. THE FLITTING 114

VIII. AN INTERRUPTED TEA 131

IX. HEIRLOOMS 157

X. THE ARRIVAL 176

XI. MRS. FABIAN'S GIFTS 194

XII. MRS. FABIAN'S DINNER LIST 209

XIII. CHRISTMAS 222

XIV. SPRING 242

XV. JUNE 258

XVI. THE PEACEMAKER 276

XVII. MRS. FABIAN'S SCHEME 296

XVIII. CASCO BAY 312

XIX. FLASHES OF BLUE 328

XX. ELIZA SURRENDERS 347

XXI. THE SINGER 366

XXII. THE NEW STUDIO 383

XXIII. PHILIP'S LETTER 400

XXIV. PHILIP ENTERTAINS 405

XXV. BY MOONLIGHT 429

XXVI. TIDES 450

XXVII. THE SON 466

XXVIII. A TIDAL WAVE 480

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