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CONTENTS
* CHAPTER I HOW PETER MET THE SPANIARD
* CHAPTER II JOHN CASTELL
* CHAPTER III PETER GATHERS VIOLETS
* CHAPTER IV LOVERS DEAR
* CHAPTER V CASTELL'S SECRET
* CHAPTER VI FAREWELL
* CHAPTER VII NEWS FROM SPAIN
* CHAPTER VIII D'AGUILAR SPEAKS
* CHAPTER IX THE SNARE
* CHAPTER X THE CHASE
* CHAPTER XI THE MEETING ON THE SEA
* CHAPTER XII FATHER HENRIQUES
* CHAPTER XIII THE ADVENTURE OF THE INN
* CHAPTER XIV INEZ AND HER GARDEN
* CHAPTER XV PETER PLAYS A PART
* CHAPTER XVI BETTY SHOWS HER TEETH
* CHAPTER XVII THE PLOT
* CHAPTER XVIII THE HOLY HERMANDAD
* CHAPTER XIX BETTY PAYS HER DEBTS
* CHAPTER XX ISABELLA OF SPAIN
* CHAPTER XXI BETTY STATES HER CASE
* CHAPTER XXII THE DOOM OF JOHN CASTELL
* CHAPTER XXIII FATHER HENRIQUES AND THE BAKER'S OVEN
* CHAPTER XXIV THE FALCON STOOPS
* CHAPTER XXV HOW THE MARGARET WON OUT TO SEA
ENVOI
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS;
"A DOVE, COMRADES!--A DOVE!"
CASTELL DECLARES HIMSELF A JEW
"YOU MEAN THAT YOU WISH TO MURDER ME"
MARGARET APPEARED DESCENDING THE BROAD OAK STAIRS
IN ANOTHER MOMENT THAT STEEL WOULD HAVE PIERCED HIS HEART
THE GALE CAUGHT HIM AND BLEW HIM TO AND FRO
"LADY," HE SAID, "THIS IS NO DEED OF MINE"
A CRUEL-LOOKING KNIFE AND A NAKED ARM PROJECTED THROUGH THE PANELLING
"MY NAME IS INEZ. YOU WANDER STILL, SEÑOR"
"THERE ARE OTHERS WHERE THEY CAME FROM"
"TO-DAY I DARE TO HOPE THAT IT MAY BE OTHERWISE"
"WAY! MAKE WAY FOR THE MARCHIONESS OF MORELLA!"
"I CUT HIM DOWN, AND BY MISFORTUNE KILLED HIM"
"WE ARE PLAYERS IN A STRANGE GAME, MY LADY MARGARET"
"YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT ME FIRST, PETER"
CHAPTER I
HOW PETER MET THE SPANIARD
It was a spring afternoon in the six