A TIME OF TERROR
Reading edition
The Story of a Great Revenge
(A.D., 1910)
This England never did, nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself.
King John
SECOND EDITION
LONDON GREENING & CO., LTD. 1906
[All Rights Reserved]
Copyright in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Dominion of Canada and in the United States of America
Dec. 1905.
Dedicated TO MY FELLOW CITIZENS IN “THIS GREAT BABYLON,” AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO MEMBERS OF THE THREE LEARNED PROFESSIONS
London: New Year’s Day, 1906.
CHARACTERS
Marcus White Sir John Westwood Bobby Herrick Father Francis Detective-Inspector Henshaw Billy of Mayfair The Marquis of Downland The Lord Mayor Raggett the Raver Joe the Stableman P.C. Dormer
Aldwyth Westwood Molly Barter Billy’s Grandmother Mrs Joe
Crowned Heads
Episcopate—
The Archbishop of London (New Province) Royal Navy— Vice-Admiral Sir Lambert Meade, K.C.B.
Judges and Magistrates—
Lord Malvern, L.C.J.; Mr Justice Barling; Mr Harrowden
Counsel—
Mr Duffus Jacobs, K.C.; Mr Brill, K.C.; Mr Dawson Dalton
Medical Faculty—
Dr Wilson Wake The Leaguers of London, Police, The Unemployed, ETC.
[Dramatic Rights secured]
CONTENTS
PAGE
Prologue:
Part I.—A Heritage of Hate 9
Part II.—Rivals in Love 17
Chapters
I. London in 1910 21
II. At the New Bailey 29
III. The Leaguers’ First Move 36
IV. The Case that Failed 46
V. The Leaguers’ Second Move 54
VI. The Murder of Dr Grady 61
VII. Love on the Leas 69
VIII. Sir John Breaks Down 77
IX. Father Francis at Folkestone 85
X. Marcus White Returns 97
XI. The Sign of the Spider 105
XII. The “Epoch” Runs Amok 115
XIII. The Strange Outbreak at Queen’s Hall 125
XIV. Billy of Mayfair 132
XV. The Shrine of Luxury and Pride 142
XVI. The Mania that Laid Hold of London 152
XVII. The Great Fire in Hyde Park 160
XVIII. Aldwyth Asks a Question 171
XIX. The Lord Mayor Reads the Riot Act 178
XX. The Leaguers at the Home Office 189
XXI. The Devil’s Own on the Defensive 198
XXII. The Bomb Brigade 208
XXIII. The Cranks’ Corner 216
XXIV. The Lower Critic 222
XXV. Marcus White Gives Orders 231
XXVI. The Capture of the Judges 239
XXVII. The Black Christmas 251
XXVIII. In Trafalgar Square 260
XXIX. Billy’s Message 266
XXX. The Fate of Portsmouth Dockyard 276
XXXI. The Naval Battle off Plymouth 285
XXXII. Marcus White and the Mob 296
XXXIII. The Foreign Secretary 306
XXXIV. The Eagle in the Lion’s Jaws 314
XXXV. The King and the Kaiser 318
XXXVI. The Brotherhood of Death 324
XXXVII. The Great Thanksgiving 328
A Time of Terror