Somewhere, a funeral bell was tolling. Somewhere, a thousand and one miles away, a woman was asking her lover for the third time in five minutes if he really loved her. Transcriber's note The following changes have been made to the text: Page 5: "Immorality" changed to " Page 6: "Scholar" changed to " Page 6: "Grotesqueries" changed to " Page 78: "stood be fore" changed to "stood |