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Rosa Praed. The Insane Root
The Insane Root
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE AMBASSADOR'S PHYSICIAN
CHAPTER II. RACHEL
CHAPTER III. THE DOCTOR AND THE WOMAN
CHAPTER IV. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ISÀDAS PACHA
CHAPTER V 'I WONDER WHY'
CHAPTER VI. MANDRAGORA
CHAPTER VII. THE GATE OF GHOSTS
CHAPTER VIII. THE SHRINE OF THE FETICH
CHAPTER IX 'TO THE EMPEROR!'
CHAPTER X. THE PASSING OF THE PACHA
CHAPTER XI 'ADIEU, EXCELLENCE!'
CHAPTER XII. THE DEAD HAND
CHAPTER XIII. THE AVATAR
CHAPTER XIV. FRIEND AND LOVER
CHAPTER XV. DOCTORS DIFFER
CHAPTER XVI. A SOULLESS MASK
CHAPTER XVII. ON FORBIDDEN GROUND
CHAPTER XVIII. DIPLOMATIC DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER XIX. A MESSENGER FROM ABARIA
CHAPTER XX. AHMED TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXI. THE EMPEROR'S COMMAND
CHAPTER XXII. TO-NIGHT!
CHAPTER XXIII. THE INVISIBLE PRESENCE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE BLUE LAND
CHAPTER XXV. COUNT VARENZI
CHAPTER XXVI. IN THE TOWER
CHAPTER XXVII. THE COMBATANTS
CHAPTER XXVIII. IN THE SANCTUARY
CHAPTER XXIX. THE HAREM WING
CHAPTER XXX. HER MOTHER'S DIARY
CHAPTER XXXI. IN A STRANGE COUNTRY
CHAPTER XXXII. GOD'S JAVELIN
THE END
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Rosa Praed
Published by Good Press, 2021
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'I have heard of the people,' Marillier replied. 'I was interested, just lately, in tracing the correspondence you speak of between the hieroglyphs of Central America and those of Northern Africa. But what has that to do with this portrait of the dancer?'
'I will explain as far as I can. Nearly twenty-five years ago, there came into my life a phase of utter scepticism--a sense of abandonment by all spiritual powers, whether of good or evil. The desire of my soul had been taken from me beyond the possibility of recall, and all other things were as nothing to me--neither God nor the devil of greater or lesser account, for I scarcely believed in either.'
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