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Title: The Bars of Iron
Author: Ethel May Dell
Release Date: December 20, 2003 [eBook #10509]
Language: English
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The Bars of Iron
By Ethel M. Dell
1916
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY BROTHER REGINALD WITH MY LOVE
"He hath broken the gates of brass:
And smitten the bars of iron in sunder."
Psalm cvii., 16.
"I saw heaven opened."
Revelation xix., II.
PROLOGUE
PART I
THE GATES OP BRASS
CHAPTER
I. A JUG OF WATER
II. CONCERNING FOOLS
III. DISCIPLINE
IV. THE MOTHER'S HELP
V. LIFE ON A CHAIN
VI. THE RACE
VII. A FRIEND IN NEED
VIII. A TALK BY THE FIRE
IX. THE TICKET OF LEAVE
X. SPORT
XI. THE STAR OF HOPE
XII. A PAIR OF GLOVES
XIII. THE VISION
XIV. A MAN'S CONFIDENCE
XV. THE SCHEME
XVI. THE WARNING
XVII. THE PLACE OF TORMENT
XVIII. HORNS AND HOOFS
XIX. THE DAY OF TROUBLE
XX. THE STRAIGHT TRUTH
XXI. THE ENCHANTED LAND
XXII. THE COMING OF A FRIEND
XXIII. A FRIEND'S COUNSEL
XXIV. THE PROMISE
XXV. DROSS
XXVI. SUBSTANCE
XXVII. SHADOW
XXVIII. THE EVESHAM DEVIL
XXIX. A WATCH IN THE NIGHT
XXX. THE CONFLICT
XXXI. THE RETURN
XXXII. THE DECISION
XXXIII. THE LAST DEBT
XXXIV. THE MESSAGE
XXXV. THE DARK HOUR
XXXVI. THE SUMMONS
XXXVII. "LA GRANDE PASSION"
XXXVIII. THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
PART II
THE PLACE OF TORMENT
I. DEAD SEA FRUIT
II. THAT WHICH IS HOLY
III. THE FIRST GUEST
IV. THE PRISONER IN THE DUNGEON
V. THE SWORD FALLS
VI. THE MASK
VII. THE GATES OF HELL
VIII. A FRIEND IN NEED
IX. THE GREAT GULF
X. SA
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