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BY THE AUTHOR OF 'IT' 'KING SOLOMON'S WIVES' 'BESS'
'MUCH DARKER DAYS' 'MR MORTON'S SUBTLER' AND OTHER ROMANCES
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1887
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'SHE.' TO H. RIDER HAGGARD. Not in the waste beyond the swamp and sand, The fever-haunted forest and lagoon, Mysterious KÔr, thy fanes forsaken stand, With lonely towers beneath the lonely Moon! Not there doth Ayesha linger,—rune by rune Spelling the scriptures of a people banned,— The world is disenchanted! oversoon Shall Europe send her spies through all the land! Nay, not in KÔr, but in whatever spot, In fields, or towns, or by the insatiate sea, Hearts brood o'er buried Loves and unforgot, Or wreck themselves on some Divine decree, Or would o'er-leap the limits of our lot, There in the Tombs and deathless, dwelleth SHE!
DEDICATION. KÔr,
Jan. 30, 1887. Dear Allan Quatermain, You, who, with others, have aided so manfully in the Restoration of King Romance, know that His Majesty is a Merry Monarch. You will not think, therefore, that the respectful Liberty we have taken with your Wondrous Tale (as Pamela did with the 137th Psalm) indicates any lack of Loyalty to our Lady Ayesha. Her beauties are beyond the reach of danger from Burlesque, nor does her form flit across our humble pages. May you restore to us yet the prize of her perfections, for we, at least, can never believe that she wholly perished in the place of the Pillar of Fire! Yours ever, Two of the Ama Lo-Grolla.
CONTENTS. | CHAPTER | | PAGE | | I. | EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION | 1 | | II. | POLLY'S NARRATIVE | 12 | | III. | LEONORA'S DISCOVERY | 18 | | IV. | THE EQUIPMENT | 27 | | V. | DOWN THE DARK RIVER | 31 | | VI. | THE ZÛ | 41 | | VII. | AMONG THE LO-GROLLAS | 49 | | VIII. | HE | 59 | | IX. | THE POWER OF HE | 76 | | X. | A BODY IN PAWN | 81 | | XI. | THE WIZARD UNBOSOMS | 91 | | XII. | THE WIZARD'S SCHEME | 97 | | XIII. | THE PERILOUS PATH | 103 | | XIV. | THE MAGIC CHAIR | 113 | | XV. | THE END | 116 |
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