The Project Gutenberg eBook, Red Masquerade,
by Louis Joseph Vance

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"Prince Victor gave a gesture of pain and reluctance. 'Must I tell you?'"

RED MASQUERADE

Being the Story of THE LONE WOLF'S DAUGHTER

BY

LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

1921

TO J. PARKER READ, JR., ESQ. THE CINEMA THAT WAS HIS

APOLOGY

This tale quite brazenly derives from the author's invention for motion pictures which Mr. J. Parker Read, Jr., produced in the autumn of 1919 under the title of "The Lone Wolf's Daughter."

It is only fair to state, however, that the author has in this version taken as many high-handed liberties with the version used by the photoplay director as the latter took with the original.

The chance to get even for once was too tempting....

Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Company in the first instance, and then Mr. Arthur T. Vance, editor of The Pictorial Review, in which the story was published as a serial, were equally guilty of the encouragement which results in its appearance in its present guise.

L.J.V.

Westport--31 December, 1920.

Books by Louis Joseph Vance

CYNTHIA-OF-THE-MINUTE
JOAN THURSDAY
NOBODY
NO MAN'S LAND
POOL OF FLAME
PRIVATE WAR
SHEEP'S CLOTHING
THE BANDBOX
THE BLACK BAG
THE BRASS BOWL
THE BRONZE BELL
THE DARK MIRROR
THE DAY OF DAYS
THE DESTROYING ANGEL
THE FORTUNE HUNTER
THE ROMANCE OF TERENCE O'ROURKE
TREY O' HEARTS

Stories About "The Lone Wolf"

THE LONE WOLF
THE FALSE FACES
RED MASQUERADE
ALIAS THE LONE WOLF

CONTENTS

BOOK ONE:

A CHAPTER FROM THE YOUTH OF MONSIEUR MICHAEL LANYARD

I PLEBEIAN AND PRINCE

II THE PRINCESS SOFIA

III MONSIEUR QUIXOTE

IV THE FOOL AND HIS MONEY

V IMPOSTOR

VI THÉRÈSE

VII FAMILY REUNION

VIII GREEK VS. GREEK

IX PAID IN FULL

BOOK TWO:

THE LONE WOLF'S DAUGHTER

I THE GIRL SOFIA

II MASKS AND FACES

III THE AGONY COLUMN

IV MUTINY

V HOUSE OF THE WOLF

VI THE MUMMER

VII THE FANTASTICS

VIII COUNCIL OF THE GODLESS

IX MRS. WARING

X VICTOR ET AL

XI HEARTBREAK

XII SUSPECT

XIII THE TURNIP

XIV CONFERENCE OF THE DAMNED

XV INTUITION

XVI THE CRYSTAL

XVII THE RAISED CHEQUE

XVIII ORDEAL

XIX UNMASKING

XX THE DEVIL TO PAY

XXI VENTRE À TERRE

XXII THE SEVEN BRASS HINGES

BOOK I

A CHAPTER FROM THE YOUTH OF MONSIEUR MICHAEL LANYARD

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