Under the Witches' Moon: A Romantic Tale of Mediaeval Rome |
Under the
Witches' Moon A Romantic Tale
of Mediaeval Rome
BY
Nathan Gallizier Author of "The Crimson Gondola," "The Hill of Venus,"
"The Court of Lucifer," "The Sorceress of Rome,"
"Castel del Monte," Etc.
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THE PAGE COMPANY
BOSTON MDCCCCXVII
Copyright, 1917,
By The Page Company
All rights reserved
First Impression, October, 1917
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.
"To some Love comes so splendid and so soon,
With such wide wings and steps so royally,
That they, like sleepers wakened suddenly,
Expecting dawn, are blinded by his noon.
"To some Love comes so silently and late,
That all unheard he is, and passes by,
Leaving no gift but a remembered sigh,
While they stand watching at another gate.
"But some know Love at the enchanted hour,
They hear him singing like a bird afar,
They see him coming like a falling star,
They meet his eyes—and all their world's in flower."
ETHEL CLIFFORD
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CONTENTS | BOOK THE FIRST | | Chapter | | Page | | I. | The Fires of St. John | 3 | | II. | The Weaving of the Spell | 13 | | III. | The Dream Lady of Avalon | 20 | | IV. | The Way of the Cross | 30 | | V. | On the Aventine | 38 | | VI. | The Coup | 46 | | VII. | Masks and Mummers | 60 | | VIII. | The Shrine of HekatÉ | 67 | | IX. | The Game of Love | 79 | | X. | A Spirit Pageant | 90 | | XI. | The Denunciation | 97 | | XII. | The Confession | 102 | | BOOK THE SECOND | | I. | The Grand Chamberlain | 115 | | II. | The Call of Eblis | 128 | | III. | The Crystal Sphere | 134 | | IV. | PersephonÉ | 146 | | V. | Magic Glooms | 152 | | VI. | The Lure of the Abyss | 160 | | VII. | The Face in the Panel | 167 | | VIII. | The Shadow of Asrael | 173 | | IX. | The Feast of Theodora | 187 | | X. | The Chalice of Oblivion | 204 | | BOOK THE THIRD | | I. | Wolfsbane | 221 | | II. | Under the Saffron Scarf | 230 | | III. | Dark Plottings | 240 | | IV. | Face to Face | 250 | | V. | The Cressets of Doom | 259 | | VI. | A Meeting of Ghosts | 269 | | VII. | A Bower of Eden | 279 | | VIII. | An Italian Night | 289 | | IX. | The Net of the Fowler | 299 | | X. | Devil Worship | 307 | | XI. | By Lethe's Shores | 314 | | XII. | The Death Watch | 323 | | XIII. | The Convent in Trastevere | 335 | | XIV. | The Phantom of the Lateran | 341 | | BOOK THE FOURTH | | I. | The Return of the Moor | 351 | | II. | The Escape from San Angelo | 356 | | III. | The Lure | 367 | | IV. | A Lying Oracle | 377 | | V. | Bitter Waters | 384 | | VI. | From Dream to Dream | 389 | | VII. | A Roman Medea | 402 | | VIII. | In Tenebris | 413 | | IX. | The Conspiracy | 419 | | X. | The Broken Spell | 427 | | XI. | The Black Mass | 440 | | XII. | Sunrise | 453 |
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