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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. AN INTRODUCTION TO LUCIFRAM 9

II. FRIEND AND EXECUTOR 13

III. ROSALIE 21

IV. THE GOLDEN SERPENT 28

V. THE MASTER 42

VI. NEW EXPERIENCES 52

VII. A DEBT OF GRATITUDE 57

VIII. A BOOK OF INSPIRATION 64

IX. MARIANA 77

X. A CONVERSATION IN SHADOWS 85

XI. GARDEN AND HOUSE OF SHADOWS 92

XII. AN ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE 101

XIII. THE FOLLY OF SIMPLICITY 119

XIV. BROKEN SPIRITS 131

XV. A WAYSIDE HOUSE AND GLOOMY CELL 139

XVI. THE GOVERNOR 154

XVII. A PLANTATION 166

XVIII. SEEDS GROWING CONTRARIWISE 174

XIX. A HUMBLE CRUCIFIXION 190

XX. A SIMPLE CONVERSATION 202

XXI. A MAN WHO STOOD ON HIS HEAD, ACCORDING TO LUCIFRAM 209

XXII. A LEASE OF LIFE 216

XXIII. THE SCANDAL OF THE TEMPLE 222

XXIV. AT THE SEBBERENS’ 232

XXV. THE GOLDEN PRIEST 245

XXVI. CONVERSATION AND A LITTLE PIG-STUFF 254

XXVII. AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES 264

XXVIII. REVENGE IS SWEET 277

XXIX. A CONFESSION 286

XXX. FESTIVAL 293

XXXI. MYSTERIES IN MARBLE HOUSE 303

XXXII. DIPLOMACY 313

XXXIII. THE WORTH OF A JEWEL 319

XXXIV. “A GIFT, A FRIEND, A FOE, A BEAU, A JOURNEY TO GO” 326

XXXV. THE SUN RISES ON THE YEAR 334

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