List of Illustrations

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The exquisite face looking out over the wire blind[4]
Æneas Polkinghorne[5]
Still I persevered[9]
The Introduction of Mr Blenkinsop to Miss Lurana de Castro[12]
"And whom should I marry, Mr Blenkinsop?"[18]
"Let us be married in the Lion's Cage"[26]
"Yes, papa, we are a little late"[31]
"First-rate idea of yours, Blenkinsop"[33]
"Well, if the lady's as game as she seems, and the gentleman likewise, I don't see any objection"[41]
We were still chatting when Laurana returned[43]
A Cleric of the broad-minded school[51]
"If you go on like that I shall begin to think you want to frighten me"[55]
Mademoiselle[63]
"A de Castro can never marry a Craven"[73]
"If them two got together, there'd be the doose's delight"[79]
I was forlornly mopping when Niono returned[82]
My wedding toilette was complete[87]
It's a swindle[91]
A kind of small procession entered the arena[95]
Then he addressed the audience[101]
"If only you had been firmer, Theodore"[113]

Love among the Lions