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