BOOK THE SECOND✦

I. The Grand Chamberlain 115

II. The Call of Eblis 128

III. The Crystal Sphere 134

IV. Persephoné 146

V. Magic Glooms 152

VI. The Lure of the Abyss 160

VII. The Face in the Panel 167

VIII. The Shadow of Asrael 173

IX. The Feast of Theodora 187

X. The Chalice of Oblivion 204

BOOK THE THIRD✦

I. Wolfsbane 221

II. Under the Saffron Scarf 230

III. Dark Plottings 240

IV. Face to Face 250

V. The Cressets of Doom 259

VI. A Meeting of Ghosts 269

VII. A Bower of Eden 279

VIII. An Italian Night 289

IX. The Net of the Fowler 299

X. Devil Worship 307

XI. By Lethe's Shores 314

XII. The Death Watch 323

XIII. The Convent in Trastevere 335

XIV. The Phantom of the Lateran 341

BOOK THE FOURTH✦

I. The Return of the Moor 351

II. The Escape from San Angelo 356

III. The Lure 367

IV. A Lying Oracle 377

V. Bitter Waters 384

VI. From Dream to Dream 389

VII. A Roman Medea 402

VIII. In Tenebris 413

IX. The Conspiracy 419

X. The Broken Spell 427

XI. The Black Mass 440

XII. Sunrise 453

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

"It was that of a man coming towards her." (See page 143)

Frontispiece

"A strange look passed into Theodora's eyes" 83

"Pelting the dancing girls for idle diversion" 192

"Thrown her saffron scarf over the prostrate youth" 236