DEDICATED
TO
E. H. SOTHERN
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Fair Maid and Foul Fool | [1] |
| II. | The Coming of the King | [28] |
| III. | Robert of Sicily | [46] |
| IV. | The Hunter | [71] |
| V. | Lycabetta | [89] |
| VI. | The Archangel | [99] |
| VII. | Discrowned, Dishonored | [118] |
| VIII. | Pagan and Christian | [128] |
| IX. | The Lily of Sicily | [150] |
| X. | The Two Voices | [164] |
| XI. | Glamour | [177] |
| XII. | In Syracuse | [194] |
| XIII. | The Church by the Sea | [201] |
| XIV. | The Exiles | [213] |
| XV. | The Hunter’s Voice | [223] |
| XVI. | The Call of the Bell | [232] |
| XVII. | In the Arena | [247] |
| XVIII. | Ordeal of Battle | [264] |
| XIX. | Robert the Righteous | [271] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| “‘I LOVE THE MAN’” | [Frontispiece] | |
| PERPETUA AND DIOGENES THE FOOL | Facing p. | [14] |
| PERPETUA | “ | [36] |
| KING ROBERT OF SICILY | “ | [50] |
| “ROBERT CAUGHT HER OUTSTRETCHED HANDS” | “ | [78] |
| “‘I AM ROBERT OF SICILY’” | “ | [86] |
| “PERPETUA MOVED SLOWLY TOWARDS HIM” | “ | [180] |
| “ROBERT, SWINGING THE CROSS, WITH ONE BLOW BEAT HIM TO THE GROUND” | “ | [244] |