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Title: A Monk of Cruta

Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim

Release Date: March 7, 2010 [EBook #31535]

Language: English

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A MONK OF CRUTA

BY

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM,

_Author of "The Peer and the Woman," "A Millionaire of Yesterday,"
Etc., Etc._

NEW YORK:
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
57 ROSE STREET.

COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY
F. TENNYSON NEELY.

A MONK OF CRUTA.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. "THE BLACK-ROBED PHANTOM, 'DEATH'" 11

II. "THE NEW ART" 32

III. "THE DANCING GIRL" 39

IV. "ADREA'S DIARY" 47

V. "THE FAR-OFF MUTTERING OF THE STORM TO COME" 50

VI. "AN ASHEN GREY DELIGHT" 61

VII. "WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT YOUR MISSION" 73

VIII. "I AM WEARY OF A HOPELESS LOVE" 80

IX. "AH! HOW FAIR MY WEAKNESS FINDS THEE" 91

X. "I AM BUT A SLAVE, AND YET I BID THEE COME" 104

XI. "ADREA'S DIARY" 114

XII. "WE ARE LIKE SHOOTING STARS, WHOSE MEETING IS THEIR RUIN" 122

XIII. "THE PATH THAT LEADS TO MADMEN'S KINGDOMS" 129

XIV. "THE POISON OF HONEY FLOWERS" 136

XV. "AND MOST OF ALL WOULD I FLY FROM THE CRUEL MADNESS OF LOVE" 144

XVI. "'TWIXT YOU AND ME A NOISOME SHADOW CAST" 154