Front matter
Reading edition
THE
POOLS OF SILENCE
BY
H. de VERE STACPOOLE
AUTHOR OF
“THE BLUE LAGOON,” “THE CRIMSON AZALEAS,”
“GARRYOWEN,” ETC.
NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1910
Copyright, 1910, by
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
Published, July, 1910
THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Lecture Of Thenard’s 3
II. Dr. Duthil 11
III. Captain Berselius 19
IV. Schaunard 30
V. Marseilles 42
PART II
VI. Matadi 51
VII. Yandjali 56
VIII. The Voice Of The Congo Forest 64
IX. Big Game 72
X. M’bassa 80
XI. Andreas Meeus 84
XII. Night at the Fort 94
PART III
XIII. The Pools of Silence 101
XIV. Behind the Mask 110
XV. The Punishment 115
XVI. Due South 123
XVII. Sun-washed Spaces 127
XVIII. Far Into Elephant Land 130
XIX. The Great Herd 140
XX. The Broken Camp 152
XXI. The Feast of the Vultures 159
XXII. The Lost Guide 164
XXIII. Beyond the Skyline 173
XXIV. The Sentence of the Desert 181
XXV. Toward the Sunset 187
XXVI. The Fading Mist 192
XXVII. I Am the Forest 200
XXVIII. God Sends a Guide 204
XXIX. The Vision of the Pools 212
PART IV
XXX. The Avenger 219
XXXI. The Voice of the Forest by Night 230
XXXII. Moonlight on the Pools 236
XXXIII. The River of Gold 245
XXXIV. The Substitute 252
XXXV. Paris 258
XXXVI. Dreams 266
XXXVII. Berselius Beholds His Other Self 273
XXXVIII. The Revolt of a Slave 280
XXXIX. Maxine 283
XL. Pugin 296
XLI. The Return of Captain Berselius 304
XLII. Amidst the Lilies 315
PART ONE