  CHAPTER III A RICH CASKET FOR A RARE JEWEL CHAPTER IV THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A MAID CHAPTER V THE WILES OF THE FOWLER CHAPTER VII ROSES AND RAPTURES CHAPTER IX HOW EGYPT WAS RUINED FOR EVARNE CHAPTER X THE SHRINE OF SEKHET CHAPTER XII SEKHET, CRUSHER OF HEARTS CHAPTER XIII OUT OF THE GILDED CAGE CHAPTER XV THE PROBLEM OF EXISTENCE CHAPTER XVI EVARNE'S FIRST ENGAGEMENT CHAPTER XVII A STRANGE INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSION CHAPTER XVIII NEW TRIALS AND TROUBLES CHAPTER XXI THE CAREER OF "CALEDONIA'S BARD" CHAPTER XXII POVERTY MAKES ONE ACQUAINTED WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS CHAPTER XXIV "STITCH, STITCH, STITCH!" CHAPTER XXVI EVARNE'S VOCATION CHAPTER XXVIII GEOFFREY DANVERS CHAPTER XXXI JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS' MEETINGS CHAPTER XXXII FRANK'S BRILLIANT IDEA CHAPTER XXXIII THE SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS CHAPTER XXXIV SEKHET WHETS HER TEETH CHAPTER XXXV THE STROKE OF SEKHET CHAPTER XXXVII EVARNE FIGHTS FOR MORE THAN LIFE CHAPTER XXXIX EVIL, THAT GOOD MAY COME CHAPTER XL A FRESH COMPLICATION CHAPTER XLI HOW "LA BELLE DAME" LED JACK ASTRAY CHAPTER XLII THE Coup de Grace THE ANCHOR PRESS, LTD., TIPTREE, ESSEX. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. BORN TO BEAUTY 1 II. A FRIEND IN NEED 6 III. A RICH CASKET FOR A RARE JEWEL 12 IV. THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A MAID 18 V. THE WILES OF THE FOWLER 28 VI. A SOUL'S BATTLE 37 VII. ROSES AND RAPTURES 45 VIII. LUCINDA BELMONT 50 IX. HOW EGYPT WAS RUINED FOR EVARNE 53 X. THE SHRINE OF SEKHET 60 XI. A LOSING STRIFE 66 XII. SEKHET, CRUSHER OF HEARTS 73 XIII. OUT OF THE GILDED CAGE 88 XIV. HELPING HANDS 96 XV. THE PROBLEM OF EXISTENCE 104 XVI. EVARNE'S FIRST ENGAGEMENT 117 XVII. A STRANGE INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSION 124 XVIII. NEW TRIALS AND TROUBLES 131 XIX. NEW FRIENDS 138 XX. REHEARSALS 146 XXI. The CAREER OF "CALEDONIA'S BARD" 153 XXII. POVERTY MAKES ONE ACQUAINTED WITH XXIII. A FRESH TURNING 168 XXIV. "STITCH, STITCH, STITCH!" 173 XXV. HARD LUCK 180 XXVI. EVARNE'S VOCATION 188 XXVII. IN ARTIST-LAND 199 XXVIII. GEOFFREY DANVERS 207 XXIX. SEKHET SMILES 218 XXX. A GREAT RESOLVE 226 XXXI. JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS' MEETINGS 234 XXXII. FRANK'S BRILLIANT IDEA 249 XXXIII. THE SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS 256 XXXIV. SEKHET WHETS HER TEETH 264 XXXV. THE STROKE OF SEKHET 278 XXXVI. A FRESH VOW 286 XXXVII. EVARNE FIGHTS FOR MORE THAN LIFE 297 XXXVIII. CONFIDENCES 318 XXXIX. EVIL, THAT GOOD MAY COME 326 XL. A FRESH COMPLICATION 338 XLI. HOW "LA BELLE DAME" LED JACK ASTRAY 347 XLII. THE COUP DE GRÂCE 357 SEKHET DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
Her Tools and Her Victims. Morris Kenyon. Leopold Stornway (his college friend). Evarne (Stornway's daughter). Tony Belmont. Lucinda "Belmont." Geoffrey Danvers (a young artist). Geoff's studio friends Jack Hardy Frank Pallister Philadelphia Harbert (an artist's model). Maudie Meridith and her Auntie. Alexander Punter (manager of the "Scotia's Bard" Touring Co.) Mrs. Punter (authoress of the play). (Members of the "Scotia's Bard" Co.) John Montgomery (a printer). Joe Harold (a commercial traveller). Archie (a horsey youth). Harry Douglas (an ex-prize fighter). Charles Stuart (a scene-painter). Jessie Kennedy (a little pianist). Madame Cheape (an "actress"). Mr. Heathmore (a real actor). Landladies. Mrs. Burling Mrs. Sargeant Miss Brodie Mrs. Shiells Jean Brodie (a seamstress). Many minor characters. Scenes. The depth of the country, London, Italy, Paris, Egypt. SEKHET |
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