Front matter
Reading edition
THE
MASTER HOPE
BY
PHYLLIS BOTTOME
AUTHOR OF “LIFE THE INTERPRETER”
LONDON
HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED
13, Great Marlborough Street, W.
1904
Dedication
TO WILMETT, IN HOPE AND LOVE
“Ah! if indeed there be
Beyond one darksome door, a secret stair
Which winding to the battlements, shall lead
Hence to pure light, free air,
This is the master hope, or the supreme despair!”
—William Watson