Chapter I: Front Matter

_Of this Edition of Whyte‐Melville’s Works One Thousand and Fifty
Copies only have been printed by Morrison and Gibb Limited,
Edinburgh, who have distributed the type_

THE WORKS OF

G. J. WHYTE‐MELVILLE

EDITED BY
SIR HERBERT MAXWELL, BART.

VOLUME XXII.

THE GLADIATORS

THE GLADIATORS

A TALE OF ROME AND JUDÆA

BY

G. J. WHYTE‐MELVILLE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRINGTON BIRD

LONDON W. THACKER & CO., 2 CREED LANE, E.C. CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK & CO. 1901

_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

EROS
CHAP. PAGE
I. THE IVORY GATE 1
II. THE MARBLE PORCH 6
III. HERMES 15
IV. APHRODITÉ 20
V. ROME 28
VI. THE WORSHIP OF ISIS 36
VII. TRUTH 46
VIII. THE JEW 55
IX. THE ROMAN 61
X. A TRIBUNE OF THE LEGIONS 71
XI. STOLEN WATERS 81
XII. MYRRHINA 86
XIII. NOLENS—VOLENS 95
XIV. CÆSAR 100
XV. RED FALERNIAN 108
XVI. THE TRAINING‐SCHOOL 117
XVII. A VEILED HEART 125
XVIII. WINGED WORDS 135
XIX. THE ARENA 144
XX. THE TRIDENT AND THE NET 155

ANTEROS
CHAP. PAGE
I. THE LISTENING SLAVE 163
II. ATTACK AND DEFENCE 172
III. “FURENS QUID FŒMINA” 179
IV. THE LOVING CUP 186
V. SURGIT AMARI 194
VI. DEAD LEAVES 200
VII. “HABET!” 209
VIII. TOO LATE 214
IX. THE LURE 221
X. FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS 229
XI. THE RULES OF THE FAMILY 238
XII. A MASTER OF FENCE 245
XIII. THE ESQUILINE 252
XIV. THE CHURCH 260
XV. REDIVIVUS 269
XVI. “MORITURI” 280
XVII. THE GERMAN GUARD 286
XVIII. THE BUSINESS OF CÆSAR 293
XIX. AT BAY 300
XX. THE FAIR HAVEN 307

MOIRA
CHAP. PAGE
I. A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF 311
II. THE LION OF JUDAH 321
III. THE WISDOM OF THE SERPENT 330
IV. THE MASTERS OF THE WORLD 338
V. GLAD TIDINGS 345
VI. WINE ON THE LEES 352
VII. THE ATTAINDER 360
VIII. THE SANHEDRIM 368
IX. THE PAVED HALL 376
X. A ZEALOT OF THE ZEALOTS 384
XI. THE DOOMED CITY 392
XII. DESOLATION 398
XIII. THE LEGION OF THE LOST 406
XIV. FAITH 416
XV. FANATICISM 423
XVI. DAWN 427
XVII. THE FIRST STONE 435
XVIII. THE COST OF CONQUEST 440
XIX. THE GATHERING OF THE EAGLES 446
XX. THE VICTORY 453

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE “THE BRITON, WATCHING HIS OPPORTUNITY, SEIZED THE BIT IN _Coloured HIS POWERFUL GRASP” Frontispiece_ “‘HAVE AT HIM! GOOD DOGS!’” 2 “LICINIUS HOLDS THE BRITISH MAIDEN TO HIS BREAST” 63 “WITH A SHORT LABOURING TROT HE MOVES ACROSS THE ARENA” 150 “‘YOU ARE SAFE,’ SHE SAID” 197 “SHE WAS ACCOSTED BY A DARK SALLOW OLD WOMAN” 221 “HER EYES GREW DIM, HER SENSES SEEMED FAILING” 255 “‘THEIR POINTS ARE POISONED,’ HE SHOUTED” 304 “SHE WALKED BOLDLY UP TO HIM” 407 “SANK DOWN HELPLESS ON THE PAVEMENT AT HIS FEET” 439

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*EROS*