



Produced by Al Haines










[Illustration: Cover art]




[Frontispiece: "She was aware instantly that the strangers were
speaking of her"]




THE LADY EVELYN

_A Story of To-day_



By

MAX PEMBERTON

_Author of "The Hundred Days," "Doctor Xavier," "A Gentleman's
Gentleman," "A Puritan's Wife," Etc._



New York

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

Publishers




_Copyright 1906 by Max Pemberton_

_Entered at Stationers' Hall_

_All rights reserved_




CONTENTS


BOOK I.--THE ESCAPADE.

CHAPTER

  Prologue. The Face in the River
         I. A Telegram to Bukharest
        II. Etta Romney is Presented
       III. Success and Afterwards
        IV. Two Personalities
         V. The Letter
        VI. Strangers in the House
       VII. The Nonagenarian
      VIII. Lady Evelyn Returns
        IX. The Third Earl of Melbourne
         X. The Accident Upon the Road
        XI. A Race for Life
       XII. The Unspoken Accusation
      XIII. The Interview
       XIV. Inheritance
        XV. The Price of Salvation
       XVI. A Game of Golf


BOOK II.--THE ENGLISHMAN.

      XVII. Gavin Ord Begins His Work
     XVIII. A Duel over the Teacups
       XIX. From the Belfry Tower
        XX. Lovers
       XXI. Zallony's Son
      XXII. A Spy from Bukharest


BOOK III.--THE LIGHT.

     XXIII. Bukharest
      XXIV. The Price Of Wisdom
       XXV. The House Above the Torrent
     