sible for her career and
behaviour. He may even be annoyed at both.

H. H. JOHNSTON.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
I VIVIE AND NORIE
II HONORIA AND HER FRIENDS
III DAVID VAVASOUR WILLIAMS
IV PONTYSTRAD
V READING FOR THE BAR
VI THE ROSSITERS
VII HONORIA AGAIN
VIII THE BRITISH CHURCH
IX DAVID IS CALLED TO THE BAR
X THE SHILLITO CASE
XI DAVID GOES ABROAD
XII VIVIE RETURNS
XIII THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
XIV MILITANCY
XV IMPRISONMENT
XVI BRUSSELS AND THE WAR: 1914
XVII THE GERMANS IN BRUSSELS: 1915-1916
XVIII THE BOMB IN PORTLAND PLACE
XIX BERTIE ADAMS
XX AFTER THE ARMISTICE
L'ENVOI

MRS. WARREN'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER I

VIVIE AND NORIE

The date when this story begins is a Saturday afternoon in June,
1900, about 3 p.m. The scene is the western room of a suite of
offices on the fifth floor of a house in Chancery Lane, the offices
of _Fraser and Warren_, Consultant Actuaries and Accountants. There
is a long window facing west, the central part of which is open,
affording a passage out on to a parapet. Through this window, and
still better from the parapet outside, may be seen the picturesque
spires and turrets of the Law Courts, a glimpse here and there of
the mellow, red-brick, white-windowed houses of New Square, the
tree-tops of Lincoln's Inn Fields, and the hint beyond a steepled
and chimneyed horizon of the wooded heights of Highgate. All this
outlook is flooded with the brilliant sunshine of June, scarcely
dimmed by the city smoke and fumes.

In the room itself there are on each of the tables vases of flowers
and a bunch of dark red roses on the top of the many pigeon-holed
bureau at which Vivien Warren is seated. The walls are mainly
covered with book-shelves well filled with consultative works on
many diverse subjects. There is another series of shelves crowded
with neat, green, tin boxes containing the papers of clients. A dark
green-and-purple portiere partly conceals the entry into a washing
place which is further fitted with a gas stove for cooking and
cupboards for crockery and provisions. At the opposite end of the
room is a door which opens into a small bedroom. The fireplace in
the main room is fitted with the best and least smelly kind of gas
stove obtainable in 1900.

There are two square tables covere