CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. 'Hath Fortune smiled on us ?' i II. The Magician 19 III. On the Blue Sea 30 IV. The Destined Haven 37 V. What old Simpole said 49 VI. 'Poor Bobbie !' 57 VII. One Saturday Afternoon 64 VIII. An Empty Cage 72 IX. The Fairy Godmother 80 X. A long Talk 88 XI. Is he Dead? 98 XII. Visiting day at the Hospital 107 XIII. Another Visitor 114 XIV. Two little Red Riding-hoods 122 XV. Where is Nanna? 130 XVI. Christmas in the Wards 138 XVII. Cesare's Vocation 146 XVIII. 'To Be, Or Not To Be' 153 XIX. 'Et Apres?' 161 XX. Another Eastertide 168 XXI. Will he come? 177 Digitized by Google., Fiction