The Upas Tree

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--WHICH SHALL SPEAK FIRST? 13

II.--THE SOB OF THE WOMAN 29

III.--HELEN TAKES THE INITIATIVE 40

IV.--FIRELIGHT IN THE STUDIO 44


PART II

V.--THE INFANT OF PRAGUE 67

VI.--AUBREY PUTS DOWN HIS FOOT 97

VII.--A FRIEND IN NEED 113

VIII.--PARADISE LOST 129

IX.--THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE 137


PART III

X.--RONNIE ARRIVES IN A FOG 149

XI.--THE MIRAGE 160

XII.--A FRIEND IN DEED 174

XIII.--RONNIE FACES THE UPAS 192

XIV.--AS IN A MIRROR 200


PART IV

XV.--"THE FOG LIFTS" 209

XVI.--"HE _MUST_ REMEMBER" 223

XVII.--"HE NEVER KNEW!" 246

XVIII.--THE FACE IN THE MIRROR 258

XIX.--UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN 271

XX.--GOOD-NIGHT TO THE INFANT OF
PRAGUE 283




Part I CHAPTER I

WHICH SHALL SPEAK FIRST?


Ronald West stood at the window of his wife's sitting-room, looking
across the bright garden-borders to the wide park beyond, and wondering
how on earth he should open the subject of which his mind had been full
during their morning ride.