Chapter 12 THE FOURTH AND THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY

For the next few weeks Mr. Calvert had little time-and, indeed, little inclination-to see Adrienne. The discovery that he loved her had brought pain, not happiness with it. He felt the gulf too wide between them, both in circumstance and character, to be bridged. How could he, an untitled American, an unknown young gentleman of small fortune, prete