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Title: The Castle Of The Shadows

Author: Alice Muriel Williamson

Release Date: November 23, 2006 [EBook #19901]

Language: English

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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

[Illustration: Doubleday logo]

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