THE HELPMATE

BY MAY SINCLAIR

AUTHOR OF "THE DIVINE FIRE," "SUPERSEDED," "AUDREY CRAVEN," ETC.

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1907

THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS
RAHWAY, N.J.

CONTENTS

BOOK I

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X

BOOK II

CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII

BOOK III

CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL

By MAY SINCLAIR

BOOK I

CHAPTER I

It was four o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Walter Majendie still lay on the extreme edge