THE

  HOUSE OF DEFENCE

  BY

  E. F. BENSON

  AUTHOR OF "DODO," "THE CHALLONERS," "THE IMAGE IN THE SAND," "THE ANGEL OF PAIN," "PAUL," ETC.

  _COPYRIGHT EDITION_

  IN TWO VOLUMES

  VOL. II

  LEIPZIG

  BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ

  1907.

  THE HOUSE OF DEFENCE.