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“THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENCE IN MEN, BUT ALL HUSBANDS ARE ALIKE”
THE SPELL
BY WILLIAM DANA ORCUTT AUTHOR OF “THE FLOWER OF DESTINY” “ROBERT CAVELIER” “THE PRINCESS KALLISTO” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY GERTRUDE DEMAIN HAMMOND, R. I.
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMIX
Copyright, 1909, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. Published January, 1909.
TO MY FRIEND GUIDO BIAGI OF FLORENCE MODERN HUMANIST NEITHER MASTER OF FATE NOR VICTIM OF FATE BUT CO-PARTNER WITH NATURE IN SOLVING HIS OWN PERSONAL PROBLEM, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
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“THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENCE IN MEN, BUT ALL HUSBANDS ARE ALIKE” (See page 14)Frontispiece
SLOWLY THE SPELL BEGAN TO WORK UPON INEZ’ BRAIN. SHE WAS NO LONGER IN THE PRESENT—SHE WAS A WOMAN OF ITALY OF FOUR CENTURIES BACKFacing p. 54
“BECAUSE ‘BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS’ DO NOT POSSESS HUSBANDS,” REPLIED THE CONTESSA, SAGELY." 192
SO JACK HAD SENT HIM TO PLEAD HIS CAUSE, HELEN TOLD HERSELF; AND IN HER HEART SHE RESENTED THE INTERFERENCE" 334