HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMVII
Copyright, 1904, by Katherine Cecil Thurston.
All rights reserved.
Published April, 1907.
To my Cousin
Nancy Inez Pollock

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[ILLUSTRATIONS]
CHAPTER I[1]
CHAPTER II[20]
CHAPTER III[43]
CHAPTER IV[63]
CHAPTER V[74]
CHAPTER VI[85]
CHAPTER VII[97]
CHAPTER VIII[116]
CHAPTER IX[130]
CHAPTER X[152]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE PROPHET WITH HIS FIXED GAZE UPON THE SCITSYM"[Frontispiece]
"THE FIGURE OF HIS UNCLE ... SHOWED TALL AND ANGULAR IN THE APERTURE"Facing p. [20]
"HE ... GATHERED THE FIRST SHEAF OF LEAVES INTO HIS FINGERS"" [40]
"ACROSS THE PROPHET'S BREAST, IN MARKS OF A CRUEL LACERATION, RAN THE SYMBOLIC OCTAGONAL FIGURE
OF THE MYSTIC SECT"
" [56]
"WITH A FRESH BURST OF TEARS, SHE TURNED AND FLUNG HERSELF UPON THE COUCH"" [116]
"HER HAND WAS TREMBLING AS SHE RAISED THE HEAVY KNOCKER"" [136]
"'I AM IN NEED OF HELP ... AND YOU CAN HELP ME'"" [146]
"SHE SAW THE FIGURE OF THE PROPHET ... ATTENDED BY THE PRECURSOR AND THE SIX ARCH-MYSTICS"" [158]