CHAPTER XI

“THE MURDER OF DELICIA” AND “ZISKA”

Modern Husbands--The Money Marriage--The Average Man and his Attitude in this Respect--Delicia Vaughan, Novelist and Beauty--Her foolish Infatuation for Lord Carlyon and Consequent Misery--“The Rare and Beautiful Blindness of Perfect Love”--The Penalty Paid by Delicia.

“Ziska”: A Cairean Romance--Ziska the Flesh-clad Ghost of a Long-ago Dancer--“The Mighty Araxes,” her Former Lover, Presented in Modern Shape as Armand Gervase, a French Painter--The Renewal of his Passion for Ziska--His Rival--“The Attraction we Call Love” a Preordained Destiny--Dr. Dean, _savant_, and his Interesting Theories--Beneath the Great Pyramid--Ziska’s Terrible Revenge 207