NEW YORK
GEORGE H. RICHMOND & CO.
1897

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY
GEORGE H. RICHMOND & CO.

CONTENTS.

  1. [THE PAST]
  2. [THE PATERNAL ROOF]
  3. [THE HERMITAGE]
  4. [THE NEW LIFE]
  5. [TEMPUS DESTRUENDI]
  6. [THE INVINCIBLE]

I.

THE PAST.

CHAPTER I.

When she perceived a group of men leaning against the parapet and looking down into the street below, Hippolyte stopped and exclaimed: "What has happened?"

With a slight gesture, betraying fear, she placed her hand involuntarily on George's arm as if to restrain him.

After watching the men a moment George said: "Someone must have leaped from off the terrace." Then he added: "Shall we turn back?"