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Title: Rosa Mundi and Other Stories

Author: Ethel M. Dell

Release Date: October 17, 2004 [eBook #13774]

Language: English

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ROSA MUNDI AND OTHER STORIES

by

ETHEL M. DELL

Author of _The Bars of Iron_, _The Keeper of the Door_, _The Knave of
Diamonds_, _The Obstacle Race_, _The Rocks of Valpre_, _The Way of an
Eagle_, etc.

CONTENTS

ROSA MUNDI

A DEBT OF HONOUR
I.--HOPE AND THE MAGICIAN
II.--THE VISITOR
III.--THE FRIEND IN NEED
IV.--HER NATURAL PROTECTOR
V.--MORE THAN A FRIEND
VI.--HER ENEMY
VII.--THE SCRAPE
VIII.--BEFORE THE RACE
IX.--THE RACE
X.--THE ENEMY'S TERMS
XI.--WITHOUT DEFENCE
XII.--THE PENALTY
XIII.--THE CURSE OF THE VALLEY
XIV.--HOW THE TALE WAS TOLD
XV.--THE NIGHT OF DESPAIR
XVI.--THE COMING OF HOPE

THE DELIVERER
I.--A PROMISE OF MARRIAGE
II.--A RING OF VALUE
III.--THE HONEYMOON
IV.--A GRIEVOUS WOUND
V.--A STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY
VI.--AN OFFER OF HELP
VII.--THE DELIVERER
VIII.--AFTER THE ACCIDENT
IX.--THE END OF A MYSTERY
X.--TAKEN TO TASK
XI.--MONEY'S NOT EVERYTHING
XII.--AFTERWARDS--LOVE

THE PREY OF THE DRAGON

THE SECRET SERVICE MAN
I.--A TIGHT PLACE
II.--A BROKEN FRIENDSHIP
III.--DERRICK'S PARADISE
IV.--CARLYON DEFENDS HIMSELF
V.--A WOMAN'S FORGIVENESS
VI.--FIEND OR KING?
VII.--THE REAL COLONEL CARLYON
VIII.--THE STRANGER ON THE VERANDA
IX.--A FIGHT IN THE NIGHT
X.--SAVED A SECOND TIME
XI.--THE SECRET OUT

THE PENALTY

Rosa Mundi

Was the water blue, or was it purple that day? Randal Courteney
stretched his lazy length on the shady side of the great natural
breakwater that protected Hurley Bay from the Atlantic rollers, and
wondered. It was a day in late September, but the warmth of it was as a
dream of sum