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THE TRIBAL INSTINCT
V. MARGARET
VI. MAGIC
VII. CORINNA GOES TO WAR
VIII. THE WORLD AND PATTY
IX. SEPTEMBER ROSES
X. PATTY AND CORINNA
XI. THE OLD WALLS AND THE RISING TIDE
XII. A JOURNEY INTO MEAN STREETS
XIII. CORINNA WONDERS
XIV. A LITTLE LIGHT ON HUMAN NATURE
XV. CORINNA OBSERVES
XVI. THE FEAR OF LIFE
XVII. MRS. GREEN
XVIII. MYSTIFICATION
XIX. THE SIXTH SENSE
XX. CORINNA FACES LIFE
XXI. DANCE MUSIC
XXII. THE NIGHT
XXIII. THE DAWN
XXIV. THE VICTORY OF GIDEON VETCH


CHAPTER I
THE SHADOW

The winter's twilight, as thick as blown smoke, was drifting through the
Capitol Square. Already the snow covered walks and the frozen fountains
were in shadow; but beyond the irregular black boughs of the trees the
sky was still suffused with the burning light of the sunset. Over the
head of the great bronze Washington a single last gleam of sunshine shot
suddenly before it vanished amid the spires and chimneys of the city,
which looked as visionary and insubstantial as the glowing horizon.


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