[ CHAPTER XIII. AN ASIATIC LION IN HIDING. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. THE COUNCIL AT GRANVILLE. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. THE FRENCH FISHER BOAT, “HIRONDELLE.” ]
BOOK I. OUT OF THE DEAD PAST.
CHAPTER I. A CHANCE MEETING AT GENEVA.
“By Jove! I may as well make an end of the thing right here to-night!” was the dejected conclusion of a long council of war over which Major Alan Hawke had presided, with the one straggling comfort of being its only member.