"First published in the US by Boni & Liveright as Their mutual child, 1919"--T.p. verso.
Contents
Book 1: A pawn of fate -- Ruth states her intentions -- The mates meet -- Troubled waters -- Wherein opposites agree -- Breaking the news -- Sufficient unto themselves -- Suspense -- The white hope is turned down -- An interlude of peace -- Stung to action -- A climax -- Book 2: Empty-handed -- An unknown path -- The misadventure of Steve -- The widening gap -- The real thing -- The outcasts -- Cutting the tangled knot -- Steve to the rescue -- At one in the morning -- Accepting the gifts of the gods -- Mr Penway on the grill -- Dolls with souls -- Pastures new -- The Sixty-first Street cyclone -- Mrs Porter's waterloo -- The white-hope link.
