Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE IRONMASTER;

OR, LOVE AND PRIDE.

BY GEORGES OHNET.

TRANSLATED WITHOUT ABRIDGMENT FROM THE 146TH FRENCH EDITION.

The above work, which may be regarded as the greatest literary success in any language of recent times, has already yielded its author a profit of upwards of £12,000.

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NUMA ROUMESTAN;

OR, JOY ABROAD AND GRIEF AT HOME.

BY ALPHONSE DAUDET.

TRANSLATED BY MRS. J. G. LAYARD.

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COUNTESS SARAH.

BY GEORGES OHNET, AUTHOR OF "THE IRONMASTER."

TRANSLATED FROM THE 118TH FRENCH EDITION.

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BY GEORGE MOORE, AUTHOR OF "A MODERN LOVER."

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THE CORSARS;

OR, LOVE AND LUCRE.

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BY F. MABEL ROBINSON.

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PRINCE SERGE PANINE.

BY GEORGES OHNET, AUTHOR OF "THE IRONMASTER."

TRANSLATED FROM THE 110TH FRENCH EDITION.

This is the work that made M. Ohnet's reputation, and was crowned by the French Academy.

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN.

BY INA L. CASSILIS, AUTHOR OF "SOCIETY'S QUEEN," "STRANGELY WOOED: STRANGELY WON," &c.,

THE FORKED TONGUE.

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_VIZETELLY'S ONE-VOLUME NOVELS._

IX.

THE THREATENING EYE.

BY E. F. KNIGHT,

AUTHOR OF "THE CRUISE OF THE FALCON."

... "When Fortune means to men most good,
She looks upon them with a threatening eye."
KING JOHN, Act III., Scene IV.

LONDON:
_VIZETELLY & CO., 42 CATHERINE ST., STRAND._
1885.

Perth:
S. COWAN AND CO., STRATHMORE PRINTING WORKS.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE EDUCATION OF MARY GRIMM 9

II. ON THE ROAD TO RUIN 17

III. THE SECRET SOCIETY 27

IV. THE FIRST DAY OF LIBERTY 40

V. IN THE TEMPLE 51

VI. FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS 62

VII. THE TENTH PLAGUE OF EGYPT 74

VIII. LIGHT LOVER 89

IX. KILLING NO MURDER 102

X. A LOVE THAT DOES NOT RUN SMOOTHLY 115

XI. A WRECK 128

XII. IN GREAT PERPLEXITY 137

XIII. A SCIENTIFIC MURDER 144

XIV. SUSAN BRINGS MARY TO AN OLD LOVER 157

XV. IN THE LAND OF PHANTOMS 166

XVI. SUSAN GOES TO CHURCH 179

XVII. A DARKENED MIND 188

XVIII. AMONG THE GREEN LEAVES 200

XIX. CATHERINE KING VISITS MARY IN THE COUNTRY 211

XX. CATHERINE'S DISCOVERY 221

XXI. CONDEMNED TO DEATH 228

XXII. AN EVENTFUL DAY 238

XXIII. THE TAKING AWAY OF THE SHADOW 248

XXIV. DESPAIR 259

XXV. THE FIRST WARNING 268

XXVI. SHATTERED IDOLS 278

XXVII. THE SECOND WARNING 288

XXVIII. AGAIN THE SHADOW 299

XXIX. THE THIRD WARNING 307

XXX. THE LAST OF SUSAN RILEY 317

XXXI. PEACE 325

THE THREATENING EYE.