Victor Serenus: A Story of the Pauline Era

by Henry Wood

CONTENTS

	PART FIRST
Chapter		Page
I.	A Religious Procession in Tarsus	[1]
II.	An Evening Excursion on the Cydnus	[8]
III.	In the Toils	[17]
IV.	The Net is Rent	[23]
V.	Two University Students	[32]
VI.	To the Tower of Antonia	[40]
VII.	A Tarsian Festival to Apollo	[47]
VIII.	The Mysteries of the Adytum	[56]
IX.	Soliloquy of Gamaliel’s Daughter	[68]
X.	Magic and Mystery: Strange Visions	[79]
XI.	Important Messages	[92]
XII.	Serenus makes an Avowal	[102]
XIII.	The Walls have Ears	[111]
XIV.	Love versus Duty	[121]
XV.	The Rescue of Rebecca	[133]
XVI.	After the Storm	[146]
XVII.	A Roman Parade	[161]
XVIII.	Amabel’s Remarkable Experience	[177]
XIX.	Surrounded by Prison Walls	[195]
XX.	Sowing and Reaping	[211]
XXI.	The Great Harvest	[228]
	PART SECOND
	THE LIGHT SPREADS TO THE WESTWARD
XXII.	Sunshine and Shadow	[245]
XXIII.	A Battered Eagle	[260]
XXIV.	On the Verge of the Unseen	[280]
XXV.	A Psychical Journey	[299]
XXVI.	A Powerful Pulse Stirred	[312]
XXVII.	A Message from Stephanos	[330]
XXVIII.	Leander visits a Mystic Shrine	[348]
XXIX.	Changes of Soul-color	[368]
XXX.	A Paradise Discovered	[381]
XXXI.	In Deep Waters	[399]
XXXII.	Scourging and Flight	[412]
XXXIII.	A Priestess of the Tarsian Temple	[422]
XXXIV.	Once More Upon the Cydnus	[430]
	PART THIRD
	AFTER THE FLIGHT OF TWENTY YEARS
XXXV.	The Bay of Puteoli	[441]
XXXVI.	Nocturnal Interview with a Seer	[449]
XXXVII.	Two Woeful Souls Released	[463]
	PART FOURTH
	SAULUS IN ROME
XXXVIII.	Awaiting Trial Before Nero	[481]
XXXIX.	Antipodes Brought Face to Face	[492]
XL.	The Visible Form Laid Aside	[500]

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VICTOR SERENUS

A STORY OF THE PAULINE ERA