THE WORKS OF
G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE
EDITED BY
Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Bart.
VOLUME XXII.
THE GLADIATORS
A TALE OF ROME AND JUDÆA BY
G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRINGTON BIRD LONDON
W. THACKER & CO., 2 CREED LANE, E.C.
CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK & CO.
1901 All rights reserved
[pg ix] CONTENTS
| EROS | |
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | THE IVORY GATE | 1 |
| II. | THE MARBLE PORCH | 6 |
| III. | HERMES | 15 |
| IV. | APHRODITÉ | 20 |
| V. | ROME | 28 |
| VI. | THE WORSHIP OF ISIS | 36 |
| VII. | TRUTH | 46 |
| VIII. | THE JEW | 55 |
| IX. | THE ROMAN | 61 |
| X. | A TRIBUNE OF THE LEGIONS | 71 |
| XI. | STOLEN WATERS | 81 |
| XII. | MYRRHINA | 86 |
| XIII. | NOLENS—VOLENS | 95 |
| XIV. | CÆSAR | 100 |
| XV. | RED FALERNIAN | 108 |
| XVI. | THE TRAINING-SCHOOL | 117 |
| XVII. | A VEILED HEART | 125 |
| XVIII. | WINGED WORDS | 135 |
| XIX. | THE ARENA | 144 |
| XX. | THE TRIDENT AND THE NET | 155 |
[pg x] | ANTEROS | |
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | THE LISTENING SLAVE | 163 |
| II. | ATTACK AND DEFENCE | 172 |
| III. | “FURENS QUID FŒMINA” | 179 |
| IV. | THE LOVING CUP | 186 |
| V. | SURGIT AMARI | 194 |
| VI. | DEAD LEAVES | 200 |
| VII. | “HABET!” | 209 |
| VIII. | TOO LATE | 214 |
| IX. | THE LURE | 221 |
| X. | FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS | 229 |
| XI. | THE RULES OF THE FAMILY | 238 |
| XII. | A MASTER OF FENCE | 245 |
| XIII. | THE ESQUILINE | 252 |
| XIV. | THE CHURCH | 260 |
| XV. | REDIVIVUS | 269 |
| XVI. | “MORITURI” | 280 |
| XVII. | THE GERMAN GUARD | 286 |
| XVIII. | THE BUSINESS OF CÆSAR | 293 |
| XIX. | AT BAY | 300 |
| XX. | THE FAIR HAVEN | 307 |
[pg xi] | MOIRA | |
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF | 311 |
| II. | THE LION OF JUDAH | 321 |
| III. | THE WISDOM OF THE SERPENT | 330 |
| IV. | THE MASTERS OF THE WORLD | 338 |
| V. | GLAD TIDINGS | 345 |
| VI. | WINE ON THE LEES | 352 |
| VII. | THE ATTAINDER | 360 |
| VIII. | THE SANHEDRIM | 368 |
| IX. | THE PAVED HALL | 376 |
| X. | A ZEALOT OF THE ZEALOTS | 384 |
| XI. | THE DOOMED CITY | 392 |
| XII. | DESOLATION | 398 |
| XIII. | THE LEGION OF THE LOST | 406 |
| XIV. | FAITH | 416 |
| XV. | FANATICISM | 423 |
| XVI. | DAWN | 427 |
| XVII. | THE FIRST STONE | 435 |
| XVIII. | THE COST OF CONQUEST | 440 |
| XIX. | THE GATHERING OF THE EAGLES | 446 |
| XX. | THE VICTORY | 453 |
[pg xiii] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE |
| “THE BRITON, WATCHING HIS OPPORTUNITY, SEIZED THE BIT IN HIS POWERFUL GRASP” | Coloured Frontispiece |
| “ ‘HAVE AT HIM! GOOD DOGS!’ ” | 2 |
| “LICINIUS HOLDS THE BRITISH MAIDEN TO HIS BREAST” | 63 |
| “WITH A SHORT LABOURING TROT HE MOVES ACROSS THE ARENA” | 150 |
| “ ‘YOU ARE SAFE,’ SHE SAID” | 197 |
| “SHE WAS ACCOSTED BY A DARK SALLOW OLD WOMAN” | 221 |
| “HER EYES GREW DIM, HER SENSES SEEMED FAILING” | 255 |
| “ ‘THEIR POINTS ARE POISONED,’ HE SHOUTED” | 304 |
| “SHE WALKED BOLDLY UP TO HIM” | 407 |
| “SANK DOWN HELPLESS ON THE PAVEMENT AT HIS FEET” | 439 |
