PRISONERS

FAST BOUND IN MISERY AND IRON

By

MARY CHOLMONDELEY

Author of
"Red Pottage"

"But for failing of love on our
part, therefore is all our travail."
—Julian of Norwich.
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
NEW YORK MCMVI
Copyright, 1905, 1906, by
COLVER PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1906, by
MARY CHOLMONDELEY
Published, September, 1906
To
My Brother
Reginald


ILLUSTRATIONS

["Her eyes turned towards it mechanicallybecause it contained ... the man ofwhom she was thinking"] Frontispiece
["A deathlike silence followed the delegato's words"]Page36
["'Is she worth it?' he said with suddenpassion"]"46
["'You are all blinder one than the other, thatit's Andrea I'm grieving for'"] "80
["If Fay had come in then he would have killedher, done her to death with the chains hehad worn so patiently for her sake"]"146
["Fay noticed for the first time how lightlyWentworth walked, how square his shoulderswere"]"184