ABSTRACT
I. The unhappiness of Rose La Touche: she passes Ruskin in the street: Ruskin's despair: Rose's farewell. 2. Reconciliation: a new separation. 3. Rose writes of her sorrows to George MacDonald: George MacDonald and Mrs. Cowper-Temple try to effect a new reconciliation: Rose accuses Ruskin of nameless sins: Raskin's indignation and bewilderment: he decides to return home: George MacDonald explains the situation: Rose waits for Raskin's arrival: her apprehension: meeting at the Retreat: disappointment and sudden consolation. 4. Disappointment again: intense bitterness: resolution to work.
