Chapter 1

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” A MAGNIFICENTLY ATTIRED LADY OF MIDDLE AGE “WAY! MAKE WAY FOR THE MARCHIONESS OF MORELLA!” “WE ARE PLAYERS IN A STRANGE GAME, MY LADY MARGARET” “YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT ME FIRST, PETER”

FAIR MARGARET