arl
Mahler's studio, and in the conservatory
reception-room at the Hofmanns', and all the
events transpire within the space of one day.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE.
DR. MILLAR: "WHAT AN IDEAL COUPLE YOU TWO WOULD MAKE" Frontispiece

MIMI: "YOU DO NOT LOVE ME; YOU HAVE CEASED TO CARE FOR ME" 16

"CALL ME DR. MILLAR. MY SOCIAL POSITION IS BEYOND QUESTION" 40

"THE ART DEALER," HE SAID SARCASTICALLY 70

"THEY SEEM TO BE GROWING FOND OF EACH OTHER," OLGA SAID JEALOUSLY 108

"LET ONLY YOUR BARE NECK SHOW ABOVE YOUR CLOAK, AND THE TIPS OF 115
YOUR SHOES BENEATH IT"

"I HAVE BEGUN THIS, LET ME FINISH IT. LET ME DICTATE THIS LETTER" 136

"I WANTED TO FEEL THAT YOU LOVED ME AS I HOPED YOU DID" 173

NOTE:--The illustrations used in this book are reproduced from scenes in
Henry W. Savage's production of "The Devil," the only version approved
by the author.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD 3
CHAPTER I 9
CHAPTER II 19
CHAPTER III 34
CHAPTER IV 45
CHAPTER V 56
CHAPTER VI 72
CHAPTER VII 83
CHAPTER VIII 88
CHAPTER IX 104
CHAPTER X 134
CHAPTER XI 156
CHAPTER XII 162
CHAPTER XIII 168
CHAPTER XIV 175
THE MORAL OF "THE DEVIL" 185

THE DEVIL

CHAPTER I

Herman Hofmann, the wealthy banker, and his beautiful young wife, Olga,
had as their guest at dinner Karl Mahler, an artist. Some years earlier,
before Hofmann married, Mahler, befriended by his family, had been sent
away to Paris to study art. Olga, at that time a dependent ward in the
Hofmann family, and the poor young art student loved each other with the
sweet, pure affection of boy and girl.

In the absence of Karl, Olga yielded to the pressing suit of Herman and
the importunities of her own relatives, all poor, and became his wife.
Karl returned to find the sweetheart whom he had kissed for the first
time when he told her good-by, married to another. He was not greatly
shocked at the discovery, the life of an art student in Paris having