THE IMPENDING SWORD.
Reading edition
LONDON: ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W.
THE
IMPENDING SWORD.
A Novel.
BY
EDMUND YATES,
AUTHOR OF 'BLACK SHEEP,' 'THE ROCK AHEAD,' 'THE YELLOW FLAG,' ETC. ETC.
'Put we our quarrel to the will of Heaven, Who,when He sees the hours ripe on earth Will rain hot vengeance on the offenders' heads.'
SHAKESPEARE.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8 CATHERINE ST. STRAND. 1874.
[The right of translation, dramatic adaptation, and reproduction is reserved.]
Affectionately inscribed TO
MR. AND MRS. J. A. FITHIAN,
OF NEW YORK CITY,
BY THEIR ATTACHED FRIEND.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I. Book the First. THE EMPIRE CITY.
CHAP.
I. THE CURTAIN RISES.
II. THE LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS.
III. THE SHADOW OF PARTING.
IV. HELEN'S DIARY.
V. AN EXPLANATION.
VI. A MYSTERIOUS COMMISSION.
VII. CONJUGAL CONFIDENCE.
VIII. A WANDERING STAR.
IX. A DINNER OF CELEBRITIES.
X. NO NONSENSE ABOUT HER.