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THE CASTLE OF THE SHADOWS
| Books by |
| C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON |
| The Lightning Conductor |
| The Princess Passes |
| My Friend the Chauffeur |
| Lady Betty Across the Water |
| Rosemary in Search of a Father |
| My Lady Cinderella |
| The Car of Destiny |
| The Chaperon |
| The Princess Virginia |
| Set in Silver |
| Etc., Etc. |
The Castle of the Shadows
By
MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON
New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1909
AUTHORIZED EDITION
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
TO
A GOOD MARCHESE
THIS STORY OF
A WICKED MARCHESE
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Where Dreamland Began | 3 |
| II. | The Story Told by Two | 31 |
| III. | A Mystery and a Bargain | 61 |
| IV. | The Closed Door | 84 |
| V. | The Lady on the Verandah | 108 |
| VI. | The End of the World | 134 |
| VII. | The Gates Open | 158 |
| VIII. | Number 1280 | 178 |
| IX. | A Cry Across the Water | 201 |
| X. | "Once on Board the Lugger" | 224 |
| XI. | Virginia's Great Moment | 248 |
| XII. | Stand and Deliver! | 270 |
| XIII. | The Game of Bluff | 294 |
THE CASTLE OF THE SHADOWS
The Castle of the Shadows
CHAPTER I
WHERE DREAMLAND BEGAN
According to the calendar it was winter; but between Mentone and the frontier town of Ventimiglia, on the white road inlaid like a strip of ivory on dark rocks above the sapphire of the Mediterranean, it was fierce summer in the sunshine. A girl riding between two men, reined in her chestnut mare at a cross-road which led into the jade-green twilight of an olive grove. The men pulled up their horses also, and all three came to a sudden halt at a bridge flung across a swift but shallow river, whose stony bed cleft the valley.
The afternoon sunshine poured down upon