Part 2

XIII. GODS IN EXILE 120

XIV. ARCADIA HOUSE 136

XV. A MAN AND A MAID 150

XVI. AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS 162

XVII. THE AWAKENING 173

XVIII. A PROPHET OF EVIL 181

XIX. IN QUINTON EDGE'S GARDEN 188

XX. THE SILVER WHISTLE BLOWS 199

XXI. OXENFORD'S DAUGHTER 209

XXII. YET THREE DAYS 223

XXIII. THE RED LIGHT IN THE NORTH 231

XXIV. THE EVE OF THE THIRD DAY 238

XXV. ENTR'ACTE 242

XXVI. THE SONG OF THE SWORD 250

XXVII. DOOMSDAY 266

XXVIII. IN THE FULNESS OF TIME 274

XXIX. DEATH AND LIFE 281

XXX. THE STAR IN THE EAST 290

ILLUSTRATIONS

"CONSTANS AND NIGHT WERE DOWN" Frontispiece

"OUT LEAPED QUINTON EDGE'S SWORD" Facing p. 48

"CONSTANS LOOKED ABOUT HIM IN WONDERMENT" " 64

"THE BLOWS RAINED DOWN UPON HIS FACE" " 76

"THEY PARTED WITHOUT FURTHER SPEAKING" " 90

"AN INSTANT LATER THE BOWSTRING TWANGED" " 118

"SHE STOOD MUTE AND WIDE-EYED BEFORE HIM" " 156

"OF DOOM SHALL WE REQUIRE IT" " 220

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