Introductory material
Reading edition
A young girl sitting on a low stool by the window mending a rent in her skirt (Frontispiece)
"I cut them letters there fifteen years ago. Now I'm to cut 'em out"
"A slight, dark form steals from the shadows and lays a hand on the stooping man's shoulder"
"Cormorants!" escaped his lips. "They look for a feast of death, but they will be disappointed"