VI.--THE PARTING
VII.--PIET VREIBOOM
VIII.--OUT OF THE DEPTHS
IX.--THE MEETING
X.--THE TRUTH
XI.--THE STORM
XII.--THE SACRIFICE
XIII.--BY FAITH AND LOVE




The Top of the World


PART I

CHAPTER I

ADVICE

"You ought to get married, Miss Sylvia," said old Jeffcott, the
head gardener, with a wag of his hoary beard. "You'll need to be
your own mistress now."

"I should hope I am that anyway," said, Sylvia with a little laugh.

She stood in the great vinery--a vivid picture against a background
of clustering purple fruit. The sunset glinted on her tawny hair.
Her red-brown eyes, set wide apart, held a curious look, half