KATRINE

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
PREFACE vii
I. UNDER THE SOUTHERN PINES 1
II. THE MEETING IN THE WOODS 15
III. A KINDNESS WITH MIXED MOTIVES 29
IV. THE PROMISE IN THE ROSE GARDEN 43
V. FRANK FALLS FURTHER UNDER KATRINE'S INFLUENCE 50
VI. DERMOTT GIVES A DINNER AT THE OLD LODGE 63
VII. KATRINE'S OWN COUNTRY 76
VIII. FRANK YIELDS TO TEMPTATION 88
IX. THE TRUTH 94
X. TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND 104
XI. KATRINE IS LEFT ALONE 113
XII. THE REAL FRANCIS RAVENEL 121
XIII. DERMOTT'S INTERVIEW WITH FRANK AT THE TREVOY 127
XIV. DERMOTT DISCOVERS A NEW SIDE TO FRANK'S CHARACTER 137
XV. JOSEF 143
XVI. MRS. RAVENEL UNWITTINGLY BECOMES AN ALLY OF KATRINE 152
XVII. MCDERMOTT VISITS HIS FRENCH COUSIN 160
XVIII. KATRINE MEETS ANNE LENNOX 172
XIX. A VISION OF THE PAST 193
XX. THE INFLUENCE OF WORK 212
XXI. THE NIGHT OF KATRINE'S DÉBUT 219
XXII. FRANK AND KATRINE MEET AT THE VAN RENSSELAER'S 228
XXIII. AN INTERRUPTED CONFESSION 234
XXIV. "I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU" 249
XXV. KATRINE IN NEW YORK 271
XXVI. DERMOTT MCDERMOTT 282
XXVII. SELF-SURRENDER 299
XXVIII. UNDER THE SOUTHERN PINES ONCE MORE 303



KATRINE

I

UNDER THE SOUTHERN PINES


Ravenel Plantation occupies a singular rise of wooded land in North
Carolina, between Way-Home River, Loon Mountain, and the Silver Fork.
The road which leads from Charlotte toward the south branches by the
Haunted Hollow, the right fork going to Carlisle and the left following
the rushing waters of the Way-Home River to the very gate-posts of
Ravenel Plantation, through which the noisy water runs.

Ravenel Mansion, which stands a good three miles from the north gate of
the plantation, is approached by a driveway of stately pines. The main
part is built of gray stone, like a fort, with mullioned windows, the
yellow glass of early colonial times still in the upper panes. But the
show-places of the plantation are the south wing (added by Francis
Ravenel the fourth), and the great south gateway, bearing the carved
inscription: "Guests are Welcome."