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Title: The Dictator

Author: Justin McCarthy

Release Date: May 28, 2007 [eBook #21637]

Language: English

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THE DICTATOR

by

JUSTIN McCARTHY, M.P.

Author of 'Dear Lady Disdain' 'Donna Quixote' Etc.

A New Edition

London
Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly
1895

Printed by
Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square
London

CONTENTS

I. AN EXILE IN LONDON

II. A GENTLEMAN-ADVENTURER

III. AT THE GARDEN GATE

IV. THE LANGLEYS

V. 'MY GREAT DEED WAS TOO GREAT'

VI. 'HERE IS MY THRONE--BID KINGS COME BOW TO IT'

VII. THE PRINCE AND CLAUDIO

VIII. 'I WONDER WHY?'

IX. THE PRIVATE SECRETARY

X. A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

XI. HELENA

XII. DOLORES

XIII. DOLORES ON THE LOOK-OUT

XIV. A SICILIAN KNIFE

XV. 'IF I WERE TO ASK YOU?'

XVI. THE CHILDREN OF GRIEVANCE

XVII. MISS PAULO'S OBSERVATION

XVIII. HELENA KNOWS HERSELF, BUT NOT THE OTHER

XIX. TYPICAL AMERICANS--NO DOUBT

XX. THE DEAREST GIRL IN THE WORLD

XXI. MORGIANA

XXII. THE EXPEDITION

XXIII. THE PANGS OF THE SUPPRESSED MESSAGE

XXIV. THE EXPLOSION

XXV. SOME VICTIMS

XXVI. 'WHEN ROGUES----'

XXVII. 'SINCE IT IS SO!'

THE DICTATOR

CHAPTER I

AN EXILE IN LONDON

The May sunlight streamed in through the window, making curious patterns
of the curtains upon the carpet. Outside, the tide of life was flowing
fast; the green leaves of the Park were already offering agreeable shade
to early strollers; the noise of cabs and omnibuses had set in steadily
for the day. Outside, Knightsbridge was awake and active; inside, sleep
reigned with quiet. The room was one of the best bedrooms in Paulo's
Hotel; it was really tastefully furnished, soberly decorated, in the
style of the fifteenth Frenc