The Portal of Dreams

by Charles Neville Buck

List of Illustrations

["Sit down!" he thundered.]

[A young woman was sitting before a counter, with her back to the street, trying on gloves.]

["Frances! Frances! Frances!" I declaimed with the deep profundity of a ritual.]

["You are a great traveler, aren't you, Mr. Deprayne?" she suggested when the silence had begun to be oppressive.]

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