Chapter I: Front Matter

At the Queen’s Mercy

At the Queen’s Mercy

By MABEL FULLER BLODGETT

AUTHOR OF
_The Aspen Shade_, * _In Poppy Land_, * _Fairy Tales_

_Illustrated by_ HENRY SANDHAM, R.C.A.

Lamson, Wolffe and Company

Boston, New York and London

MDCCCXCVII

Copyright, 1897,
By Lamson, Wolffe and Company.

_All rights reserved._

_Norwood Press_
_F. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith_
_Norwood Mass. U.S.A._

=To My Husband=

_This Book is Dedicated_

Contents

Chapter Page
I. A Slave’s Secret 1

II. The Pass of Blood 17

III. What Next Befell 31

IV. At the Queen’s Mercy 45

V. Astolba’s Errand 60

VI. The Cup of the Beast 73

VII. The High Priest’s Council 84

VIII. In the Cage 109

IX. The Mad Man of the Moon 121

X. The Red Witch holds her Revel 133

XI. The Treasure House of Edba and of Hed 144

XII. The Dance of the Maidens 161

XIII. A Strange Story 182

XIV. The Flower of Death 194

XV. The White Dove’s Flight 202

XVI. Zobo the Mighty Wrestles 215

XVII. Check to the Queen 225

XVIII. The Wisdom of Hubla 231

XIX. For life, for Love, for Freedom 240

XX. The Beginning of the End 252

List of Illustrations

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At the Queen’s Mercy _Frontispiece_

The Mysterious Map 13

For Life or Death 127

At Bay 179

The Beginning of the End 258

At the Queen’s Mercy