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Under the Witches' Moon
THE ROMANCES OF NATHAN GALLIZIER
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_Each, one volume, 12mo, cloth, illustrated. Net $1.35; carriage paid, $1.50_
Castel del Monte The Sorceress of Rome The Court of Lucifer The Hill of Venus The Crimson Gondola
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Under the Witches' Moon
_12mo, cloth, illustrated. Net $1.50; carriage paid, $1.65_
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THE PAGE COMPANY 53 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
"It was that of a man coming towards her" (_See page143_)]
Under the Witches' Moon
A Romantic Tale _of_ Mediaeval Rome
_BY Nathan Gallizier_
Author of "The Crimson Gondola," "The Hill of Venus," "The Court of Lucifer," "The Sorceress of Rome," "Castel del Monte," Etc.
THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON MDCCCCXVII
_Copyright, 1917,_ BY THE PAGE COMPANY
_All rights reserved_
First Impression, October, 1917
THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.
_"To some Love comes so splendid and so soon, With such wide wings and steps so royally, That they, like sleepers wakened suddenly, Expecting dawn, are blinded by his noon.
"To some Love comes so silently and late, That all unheard he is, and passes by, Leaving no gift but a remembered sigh, While they stand watching at another gate.
"But some know Love at the enchanted hour, They hear him singing like a bird afar, They see him coming like a falling star, They meet his eyes--and all their world's in flower."
ETHEL CLIFFORD_
CONTENTS
BOOK THE FIRST
Chapter Page
I. The Fires of St. John 3
II. The Weaving of the Spell 13
III. The Dream Lady of Avalon 20
IV. The Way of the Cross 30
V. On the Aventine 38
VI. The Coup 46
VII. Masks and Mummers 60
VIII. The Shrine of Hekate 67
IX. The Game of Love 79
X. A Spirit Pageant 90
XI. The Denunciation 97
XII. The Confession 102
BOOK THE SECOND
I. The Grand Chamberlain 115
II. The Call of Eblis 128
III. The Crystal Sphere 134
IV. Persephone 146
V. Magic Glooms 152
VI. The Lure of the Abyss 160
VII. The Face in the Panel 167
VIII. The Shadow of Asrael 173
IX. The Feast of Theodora 187
X. The Chalice of Oblivion 204
BOOK THE THIRD
I. Wolfsbane 221
II. Under the Saffron Scarf 230
III. Dark Plottings 240
IV. Face to Face 250
V. The Cressets of Doom 259
VI. A Meeting of Ghosts 269
VII. A Bower of Eden 279
VIII. An Italian Night 289
IX. The Net of the Fowler 299
X. Devil Worship 307
XI. By Lethe's Shores 314
XII. The Death Watch 323
XIII. The Convent in Trastevere 335
XIV. The Phantom of the Lateran 341
BOOK THE FOURTH
I. The Return of the Moor 351
II. The Escape from San Angelo 356
III. The Lure 367
IV. A Lying Oracle 377
V. Bitter Waters 384
VI. From Dream to Dream 389
VII. A Roman Medea 402
VIII. In Tenebris 413
IX. The Conspiracy 419
X. The Broken Spell 427
XI. The Black Mass 440
XII. Sunrise 453