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FLAMES

BY ROBERT HICHENS
AUTHOR OF THE GARDEN OF ALLAH, ETC.

COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY HERBERT S. STONE & CO.

This edition published July, 1906, by Duffield & Company

BOOK I—VALENTINE

CHAPTER I

THE SAINT OF VICTORIA STREET