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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