ILLUSTRATIONS.

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  "A WILD THRUST BETRAYED THAT HIS EYE WAS NO LONGER TRUE" _Frontispiece_

  "THE NEWCOMER WAS APPARENTLY ABOUT FORTY YEARS OLD" 36

  "IT WAS THE MAN SENT BY ARNOLD" 223

  "BEARING THE SWOONING FORM OF AMABEL" 294

  "'OH, YOU HAVE A VISITOR! MON DIEU, SILVIUS!'" 431

  "FREDERICK II. RECOILED A STEP OR TWO" 518