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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. BORN TO BEAUTY 1
II. A FRIEND IN NEED 6
III. A RICH CASKET FOR A RARE JEWEL 12
IV. THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A MAID 18
V. THE WILES OF THE FOWLER 28
VI. A SOUL'S BATTLE 37
VII. ROSES AND RAPTURES 45
VIII. LUCINDA BELMONT 50
IX. HOW EGYPT WAS RUINED FOR EVARNE 53
X. THE SHRINE OF SEKHET 60
XI. A LOSING STRIFE 66
XII. SEKHET, CRUSHER OF HEARTS 73
XIII. OUT OF THE GILDED CAGE 88
XIV. HELPING HANDS 96
XV. THE PROBLEM OF EXISTENCE 104
XVI. EVARNE'S FIRST ENGAGEMENT 117
XVII. A STRANGE INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSION 124
XVIII. NEW TRIALS AND TROUBLES 131
XIX. NEW FRIENDS 138
XX. REHEARSALS 146
XXI. The CAREER OF "CALEDONIA'S BARD" 153
XXII. POVERTY MAKES ONE ACQUAINTED WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS 163
XXIII. A FRESH TURNING 168
XXIV. "STITCH, STITCH, STITCH!" 173
XXV. HARD LUCK 180
XXVI. EVARNE'S VOCATION 188
XXVII. IN ARTIST-LAND 199
XXVIII. GEOFFREY DANVERS 207
XXIX. SEKHET SMILES 218
XXX. A GREAT RESOLVE 226
XXXI. JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS' MEETINGS 234
XXXII. FRANK'S BRILLIANT IDEA 249
XXXIII. THE SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS 256
XXXIV. SEKHET WHETS HER TEETH 264
XXXV. THE STROKE OF SEKHET 278
XXXVI. A FRESH VOW 286
XXXVII. EVARNE FIGHTS FOR MORE THAN LIFE 297
XXXVIII. CONFIDENCES 318
XXXIX. EVIL, THAT GOOD MAY COME 326
XL. A FRESH COMPLICATION 338
XLI. HOW "LA BELLE DAME" LED JACK ASTRAY 347
XLII. THE COUP DE GRÂCE 357
SEKHET
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
Sekhet: The Goddess of Ancient Egypt, who presided over Love and its Cruelty.
Her Tools and Her Victims.
Morris Kenyon. Leopold Stornway (his college friend). Evarne (Stornway's daughter). Tony Belmont. Lucinda "Belmont." Geoffrey Danvers (a young artist). Geoff's studio friends Jack Hardy Frank Pallister Philadelphia Harbert (an artist's model). Maudie Meridith and her Auntie. Alexander Punter (manager of the "Scotia's Bard" Touring Co.) Mrs. Punter (authoress of the play). (Members of the "Scotia's Bard" Co.) John Montgomery (a printer). Joe Harold (a commercial traveller). Archie (a horsey youth). Harry Douglas (an ex-prize fighter). Charles Stuart (a scene-painter). Jessie Kennedy (a little pianist). Madame Cheape (an "actress"). Mr. Heathmore (a real actor). Landladies. Mrs. Burling Mrs. Sargeant Miss Brodie Mrs. Shiells Jean Brodie (a seamstress). Many minor characters.
Scenes.
The depth of the country, London, Italy, Paris, Egypt.
SEKHET