Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE JESTER

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_By Leslie Moore_

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The Peacock Feather
The Jester

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“HAD SHE DEMANDED HIS SOUL FROM HIM AT THAT INSTANT HE HAD GIVEN IT.”
(_See page 108_)
Drawn By Robert Edwards.]

THE JESTER

by

LESLIE MOORE

Author of “The Peacock Feather,” etc.

G. P. Putnam’S Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1915

Copyright, 1915. by Leslie Moore

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

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To
MRS. SAMUEL JORDAN

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. CAP AND BELLS 1

II. THE FOOL’S ENTRY 19

III. SWEET BONDAGE 35

IV. A WOMAN’S WILL 46

V. GOOD COMRADESHIP 54

VI. BALDA THE WITCH 68

VII. SANCTUARY 83

VIII. COUNCIL AT SANGDIEU 91

IX. THE CASTING OF THE NET 101

X. WITHERED ROSES 111

XI. OUTCASTE 124

XII. THE WANDERER 135

XIII. CASTLE SYRTES 145

XIV. THE QUEST 160

XV. SIMON OF THE BEES 169

XVI. ILLUSION 184

XVII. APHORISMS 190

XVIII. THE SAGE 205

XIX. THE CHOICE 214

XX. VIBRATIONS 229

XXI. MOON RITUAL 239

XXII. DEVIL WORSHIP 251

XXIII. ABBOT HILARY 265

XXIV. AT DIEUPORTE 279

XXV. AN ORCHARD EGOIST 287

XXVI. AELRED’S BELIEF 297

XXVII. THE RECLUSE 308

XXVIII. IN THE FOREST 323

XXIX. EASTER EVE AND EASTER MORNING 332

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“There was a man seeking Peace.”
_Fiona Macleod._

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The Jester