The Golden Hope: A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great

The Golden Hope: A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great
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Fuller Robert Higginson. The Golden Hope: A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great

CHAPTER I. THREE FRIENDS MEET

CHAPTER II. WARNING FROM THE GODS

CHAPTER III. ARISTON LAYS A PLOT

CHAPTER IV. THE VOICE OF DEMOSTHENES

CHAPTER V. THE BANQUET

CHAPTER VI. SYPHAX EARNS HIS REWARD

CHAPTER VII. THE RESPONSE OF THE ORACLE

CHAPTER VIII. THE THUNDERBOLT FALLS

CHAPTER IX. THE DOOM OF THEBES

CHAPTER X. CHARES BARTERS HIS SWORD

CHAPTER XI. THAIS

CHAPTER XII. MENA READS A LETTER

CHAPTER XIII. THE UNQUENCHABLE FIRE

CHAPTER XIV. ACROSS THE HELLESPONT

CHAPTER XV. THAIS AND ARTEMISIA

CHAPTER XVI. IN THE CAMP OF THE MERCENARIES

CHAPTER XVII. THE TRAGEDY OF THE MARSH

CHAPTER XVIII. GREEK AND BARBARIAN

CHAPTER XIX. THE ROUT OF THE SATRAPS

CHAPTER XX. MENA MAKES A DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XXI. PHRADATES TRIUMPHS

CHAPTER XXII. THE VISION OF DANIEL, THE VICEROY

CHAPTER XXIII. IN THE WHIRLWIND'S TRACK

CHAPTER XXIV. THE GORDIAN KNOT

CHAPTER XXV. BESSUS COMES TO BABYLON

CHAPTER XXVI. THE GREAT KING IS ANGRY

CHAPTER XXVII. NATHAN KEEPS HIS WORD

CHAPTER XXVIII. BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY

CHAPTER XXIX. THE SLUICE GATE

CHAPTER XXX. LEONIDAS UNDERTAKES A MISSION

CHAPTER XXXI. ALEXANDER IS SURPRISED

CHAPTER XXXII. THE WORLD AT STAKE

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CHESTNUT MARE

CHAPTER XXXIV. IN THE PAVILION OF THE QUEENS

CHAPTER XXXV. PHRADATES MAKES A WAGER

CHAPTER XXXVI. TYRE ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE JEST OF KING AZEMILCUS

CHAPTER XXXVIII. MENA REVEALS A SECRET

CHAPTER XXXIX. JOEL BRINGS BAD NEWS

CHAPTER XL. THE GAP OF DEATH

CHAPTER XLI. PRINCE HUR'S COUNTERPLOT

CHAPTER XLII. A TRAITOR IN PURPLE

CHAPTER XLIII. THE KING TAKES HIS REVENGE

CHAPTER XLIV. THE REVOLT OF THE ISRAELITES

CHAPTER XLV. MOLOCH CLAIMS HIS SACRIFICE

CHAPTER XLVI. THE PASSING OF A GOD

CHAPTER XLVII. SYPHAX SQUARES HIS ACCOUNT

CHAPTER XLVIII. THAIS GIVES A FEAST

CHAPTER LXIX. CHARES FINDS REST

CHAPTER L. PROMISES FULFILLED

CHAPTER LI. AMID FRAGMENTS OF EMPIRE

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A few miles west of Athens, in the suburb of Academe, dwelt Melissa, aunt and guardian of Artemisia. She was an invalid, bedridden for the greater part of the year, and she had chosen to live in the country that she might not be disturbed by the city noises. She had never married, and no departure from the routine of her well-ordered house was permitted. She loved her niece; but she was not sorry to have her marry, because, as she said, her own hold upon life was so uncertain, and besides, the match was a brilliant one.

Her household consisted of Philox, her steward, who had managed her affairs for a score of years, Tolmon, her gardener, and a dozen women slaves who, like their mistress, had passed the prime of life.

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"To Iphicrates, son of Conon," his letter ran. "I am sending to you Syphax, a freebooter from Rhodes, who will deliver to you a young woman. You will take her into your house and guard her with care until you hear from me again. Syphax will present to you an order for a talent of silver. Defer the payment until you have the girl, and then do with him as you will. As a pirate and a robber, he has richly merited death. May the Gods protect you."

As Ariston was carefully sealing this letter, a gaunt, sour-visaged woman entered the room. She was his wife and the one person on earth in whom he had confidence. Like most secretive men with whom duplicity is a daily study, he sometimes felt the need of telling the truth, if only to note the effect of his schemes upon another's mind. But even to his wife, whose covetousness was equal to his own, he never revealed all that was in his brain. Her lonely life was spent in a constant endeavor to piece out from what he imparted to her the full extent of his plans. She admired his intellect, but deep in her heart she feared him, and, womanlike, she was tormented by the suspicion that somewhere she had a rival to whom he told what he concealed from her. The consciousness of her own deficiency of charms made her manner all the more harsh and forbidding. As soon as she entered the room she noted that he was in an easy mood, and she made haste to take advantage of it.

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