Chapter XITasha plunged into the gayeties of Palm Beach with a restless energy that made her as usual the center of the gay set. Her followers and her frocks were the talk of the town. Nevertheless her heart was not at rest. It was as if she were ever seeking some great thrill which would satisfy, and drive the fever from her soul.
Perhaps part of her restlessness was due to her having broken her habit of smoking which truly had been heavy upon her. Several times she was on the verge of going back to it, but always there seemed to come that vision of the lilies in the dusk, and as if to prove she could she seemed to dare her soul to keep free from it. Just what her own idea in doing so was she was not sure. Sometimes in the small hours of the night as she crept to her couch she wondered o
