PART I

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE HOT-HOUSE 1

II. IN THE WILDS 14

III. THE VOICE IN THE CAVE 25

IV. THE EXPLANATION 43

V. THE BLACK HORSE AND HIS RIDER 52

VI. IN THE DUSK 68

VII. BY THE MARBLE CLIFFS 76

VIII. FATE 89

IX. APPROACHING THE RAPIDS 102

X. THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW GOWN 113

XI. AT THE SHRINE 120

XII. THE CONFESSION 133