CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I. UNHALLOWED GROUND]
[CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE WITH RED BLINDS]
[CHAPTER III. A VICIOUS CIRCLE]
[CHAPTER IV. THE LOCAL COLOUR]
[CHAPTER V. THE ANGEL OF LIFE]
[CHAPTER VI. UNDER ARMS]
[CHAPTER VII. THE LOCKED ROOM]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE TEMPLE OF BACCHUS]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["You won't improve his chances by keeping anything back."]

[I saw a bedizened beauty go mad before my eyes.]

[I drove Delavoye before me.]

[A handsome, sinister creature, in a brown flowing wig and raiment as fine as any on the walls.]

[Trying to tug the fierce moustache out of his mild face.]

[A heavy blackthorn held in murderous poise.]