Copyright
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1906
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England
All rights reserved
Published April 28, 1906
Typography by The University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A.
Presswork by The Lakeside Press, Chicago, U.S.A.
C. H. B.
To you, whose love did come
And oft did sing to me,
When I was working in the furrows.
CONTENTS
| BOOK I | |
| PAGE | |
| THE MANTLE OF MELCHIOR | [1] |
| BOOK II | |
| THE GARDEN OF DREAMS | [59] |
| BOOK III | |
| PAWNS AND PLAYERS | [119] |
| BOOK IV | |
| THE LORD'S DAUGHTER AND THE ONE WHO WENT IN CHAINS | [207] |
| BOOK V | |
| THE NIGHT AND THE DAWNING | [295] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| "In a Physical Ecstasy He Spoke Out That Which Clamored At His Lips." [Page 44] | [Frontispiece] |
| "'Were I That Woman, I Should have Wanted to Love Him.'" [Page 85] | [72] |
| "'You Sent For Me, Lady Varia?'" [Page 152] | [176] |
| "Half a Dozen Young Beauties had Taken Possession—Girls of the Haughtiest Blood in Britain." [Page 254] | [254] |
| "The Sight Burst Upon Him in All Its Hideousness,—Where had Been the Stately Mansion of His Lord." [Page 344] | [364] |