Chapter II: Part III: Markovitch and Semyonov

THE GOLDEN SCARECROW BY HUGH WALPOLE AUTHOR OF "THE DUCHESS OF WREXE," "FORTITUDE," "THE PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE," "THE WOODEN HORSE." ETC. NEW YORK 1915 GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY CONTENTS Chapter Page Prologue--Hugh Seymour 11 I. Henry Fitzgeorge Strether 43 II. Ernest Henry 65 III. Angelina 94 IV. Bim Rochester 121 V. Nancy Ross 146 VI. 'Enery 172 VII. Barbara Flint 198 VIII. Sarah Trefusis 226 IX. Young John Scarlet 256 Epilogue 274

THE PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE By Hugh Walpole 1919

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I — LAST CHAPTER

CHAPTER II — BUNNING

CHAPTER III — THE BODY COMES TO TOWN

CHAPTER IV — MARGARET CRAVEN

CHAPTER V — STONE ALTARS

CHAPTER VI — THE WATCHERS

CHAPTER VII — TERROR

CHAPTER VIII — REVELATION OF BUNNING (I)

CHAPTER IX — REVELATION OF BUNNING (II)

CHAPTER X — CRAVEN

CHAPTER XI — FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

CHAPTER XII — LOVE TO THE "VALSE TRISTE"

CHAPTER XIII — MRS. CRAVEN

CHAPTER XIV — GOD

CHAPTER XV — PRELUDE TO A JOURNEY