SEPTIMUS
BY
WILLIAM J. LOCKE
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1931
Copyright, 1908
By The Phillips Publishing Company
Copyright, 1909
By Dodd, Mead & Company
Printed in U.S.A.
The Vail-Ballou Press
Binghamton and New York
RUTGER BLEECKER JEWETT
CARO SEPTIMI
AUCTORISQUE AMICO HIC LIBER
SEPTIMI INSCRIBITUR
[CHAPTER I]
[CHAPTER II]
[CHAPTER III]
[CHAPTER IV]
[CHAPTER V]
[CHAPTER VI]
[CHAPTER VII]
[CHAPTER VIII]
[CHAPTER IX]
[CHAPTER X]
[CHAPTER XI]
[CHAPTER XII]
[CHAPTER XIII]
[CHAPTER XIV]
[CHAPTER XV]
[CHAPTER XVI]
[CHAPTER XVII]
[CHAPTER XVIII]
[CHAPTER XIX]
[CHAPTER XX]
[CHAPTER XXI]
[CHAPTER XXII]
[CHAPTER XXIII]
CHAPTER I
"I love Nunsmere," said the Literary Man from London. "It is a spot where faded lives are laid away in lavender."