if we had married."

Jacob looked across the little round table. For the first time during
the evening, Lady Mary's eyes met his. They were amazingly blue, and
Jacob lost his head.

"As for me, I am a faithless brute," he confessed. "I used to think
there couldn't be any other girl in the world except Sybil. But I
changed. I was glad when I found that she was married."

"Did you change because of another girl?" Lady Mary asked softly.

"Yes," Jacob faltered.

"Then why don't you tell the other girl so?"

"Lady Mary--" he began.

"Jacob," she murmured, "come and tell me quickly, or Jack will be back
with those cigarettes."

Which is where the real and most wonderful adventure of Jacob Pratt's
life commenced.

THE END

NOVELS by E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

"He is past master of the art of telling a story. He has humor, a keen
sense of the dramatic, and a knack of turning out a happy ending just
when the complications of the plot threaten worse disasters."--_New
York Times._

"Mr. Oppenheim has few equals among modern novelists. He is prolific,
he is untiring in the invention of mysterious plots, he is a clever
weaver of the plausible with the sensational, and he has the necessary
gift of facile narrative."--_Boston Transcript._

A Prince of Sinners The Lighted Way
Mysterious Mr. Sabin The Survivor
The Master Mummer A People's Man
A Maker of History The Vanished Messenger
The Malefactor Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
A Millionaire of Yesterday The Double Traitor
The Man and His Kingdom The Way of These Women
The Yellow Crayon Mr. Marx's Secret
A Sleeping Memory An Amiable Charlatan
A Lost Leader The Kingdom of the Blind
The Great Secret The Hillman
The Avenger The Cinema Murder
The Long Arm of Mannister The Pawns Count
The Governors The Zeppelin's Passenger
Jeanne of the Marshes The Curious Quest
The Illustrious Prince The Wicked Marquis
The Lost Ambassador The Box with Broken Seals
A Daughter of the Marionis The Great Impersonation
Berenice The Devil's Paw
Havoc