Peace lay upon his mind. That morning he had felt despondent when he had watched the Governor step into the plane. His fortunes were at their lowest ebb. He was without a patron. He had had to speak boastfully to Mavis to maintain his spirit. In that tense five minutes by the car he had not only solved an immediate problem but seen into the heart of his own constant problem. He knew what that problem was, and how he would have to cope with it. He was ready to take up now, in pride, with courage, the challenge of his lonely destiny.

  To

  Mrs. Edward MacDowell

  who in tribute to the memory of her husband, the composer, founded at Peterborough, New Hampshire, the colony for writers, artists, and musicians where the second half of this book was written

  In gratitude, homage and affection

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  Copyright 1955 by Alec Waugh.

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