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Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried, Asking, “What Lamp of Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?” And—“A blind Understanding!” Heaven replied. The “Rubaiyat” of Omar Khayyam.
To AUDREY HEATH DEAR AUDREY: I always feel that you have played the part of Fairy Godmother in a very special and delightful way to all my stories, and in particular to this one, the plot of which I outlined to you one afternoon in an old summer-house. So will you let me dedicate it to you? Yours always, MARGARET PEDLER.
CONTENTS
THE LAMP OF FATE
PART ONE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
PART TWO
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII