ABSTRACT
1. Rose at eighteen: Percy La Touche's engagement to Joan Agnew: Rose's visit to Ruskin: a bitter misunderstanding: explanation to Mrs. Cowper: Ruskin writes to George MacDonald: Mrs. Cowper again intervenes: Rose makes her peace. 2. Rose's dual personality: Ruskin's humour reasserts itself. 3. Rose forbidden by her parents to write to him again: Ruskin's despair: Mrs. La Touche consults a solicitor: she writes to Mrs. Millais: a legal opinion: the true state of the case: attitude of the Millais: Ruskin's defence to Mrs. Cowper: his interview with George MacDonald: Mrs. Cowper appeals to Mrs. La Touche: Ruskin's bitterness: Mrs. La Touche defends herself to Mrs. Cowper.
