PART SECOND

The Long Trail

I The Café de la Paix 187 II The Inn of the Winged God 199 III The Night of Madness 219 IV The Rat Trap 228 V The Open Road 242 VI The Goddess of Egyptian Night 247 VII The Russ Incognito 255 VIII The Words of Delilah 262 IX The Palace of Dust 269 X The Hand 285 XI The Conspirators 291 XII The Consul-General . 305 XIII The Voices of the Night 316 XIV The Captain of Villainy 329 XV The Homeward-bound 342 XVI The Two Messages 349 XVII The Road to Paradise 355 XVIII The Devil in the Duke 366 XIX The Door to Eternity 375 XX The End of the Quest 388