Chapter I: Front Matter

WORKS OF MAURUS JOKAI

HUNGARIAN EDITION

DEBTS OF HONOR

_Translated from the Hungarian_

_By_ ARTHUR B. YOLLAND

NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

Copyright, 1900, by DOUBLEDAY & MCCLURE CO.

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

In rendering into English this novel of Dr. Jokai's, which many of his countrymen consider his masterpiece, I have been fortunate enough to secure the collaboration of my friend, Mr. Zoltan Dunay, a former colleague, whose excellent knowledge of the English language and literature marked him out as the most competent and desirable collaborator.

ARTHUR B. YOLLAND. BUDAPEST, 1898.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Journal of Desiderius 1
II. The Girl Substitute 30
III. My Right Honorable Uncle 59
IV. The Atheist and the Hypocrite 71
V. The Wild-Creature's Haunt 104
VI. Fruits Prematurely Ripe 114
VII. The Secret Writings 122
VIII. The End of the Beginning 131
IX. Aged at Seventeen 143
X. I and the Demon 148
XI. "Parole d'Honneur" 172
XII. A Glance into a Pistol Barrel 185
XIII. Which Will Convert the Other 199
XIV. Two Girls 225
XV. If He Loves, then Let Him Love 240
XVI. That Ring 249
XVII. The Yellow-robed Woman in the Cards 258
XVIII. The Finger-post of Death 266
XIX. Fanny 281
XX. The Fatal Day! 285
XXI. That Letter 299
XXII. The Unconscious Phantom 306
XXIII. The Day of Gladness 322
XXIV. The Mad Jest 330
XXV. While the Music Sounds 341
XXVI. The Enchantment of Love 351
XXVII. When the Nightingale Sings 360
XXVIII. The Night Struggle 370
XXIX. The Spider in the Corner 383
XXX. I Believe...! 397
XXXI. The Bridal Feast 407
XXXII. When We Had Grown Old 413

DEBTS OF HONOR