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Title: The Sword of Damocles
A Story of New York Life

Author: Anna Katharine Green

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Language: English

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THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES

A STORY OF NEW YORK LIFE.

BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," ETC.

NEW YORK
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
27 & 29 West 23D Street

1881

COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS.

TO
MY FATHER
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
AS EXPRESSING SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF
JUSTICE AND MERCY WHICH,
BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE, HE HAS
INSTILLED INTO MY
BREAST
FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD.

NEW YORK, _April, 1881._

"When all else fails love saves"

CONTENTS.

BOOK I. TWO MEN.

I.--A WANDERER

II.--A DISCUSSION

III.--A MYSTERIOUS SUMMONS

IV.--SEARCHINGS

V.--THE RUBICON

VI.--A HAND CLASP

VII.--MRS. SYLVESTER

VIII.--SHADOWS OF THE PAST

IX.--PAULA

X.--THE BARRED DOOR

XI.--MISS STUYVESANT

XII.--MISS BELINDA MAKES CONDITIONS

XIII.--THE END OF MY LADY'S PICTURE

BOOK II. LIFE AND DEATH.

XIV.--MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE

XV.--AN ADVENTURE--OR SOMETHING MORE

XVI.--THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES

XVII.--GRAVE AND GAY

XVIII.--IN THE NIGHT WATCHES

XIX.--A DAY AT THE BANK

XX.--THE DREGS IN THE CUP

XXI.--DEPARTURE

XXII.--HOPGOOD

BOOK III. THE JAPHA MYSTERY.

XXIII.--THE POEM

XXIV.--THE JAPHA MANSION

XXV.--JACQUELINE

XXVI.--A MAN'S JUSTICE AND A WOMAN'S MERCY

XXVII.--THE LONE WATCHER

XXVIII.--SUNSHINE ON THE HILLS

XXIX.--MIST IN THE VALLEY

BOOK IV. FROM A. TO Z.