The Great Secret
THE GREAT SECRET A TALE OF TO-MORROW BY HUME NISBET Author of "Bail Up," "The Savage Queen," " The Queen's Desire," "A BushgirVs Romance,'" Etc. Etc. SECOND EDITION LONDON F. V WHITE & CO. 14 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND IV. C. 1896 DEDICATION TO ALL THOSE WHO, NOT QUITE SATISFIED WITH TO-DAY, MAY BE SEEKING AFTER A HAPPIER TO-MORROW, THE AUTHOR BEGS TO JDeDicate THIS WORK ——— CONTENTS CHAP. FACE I. The Embarkation, I II. The Vague Horror, 10 III. The Ocean Liner, 19 IV. Doctor Fernandez, 29 V. The Explosion, . 38 VI.— In the Hold, 49 VII. —A Gathering in the Dark, 58 VIII. The Anarchists, . 67 IX. Adela's Dream, . 75 X. The Wreck, 85 XI. Ashore, 95 XII. On the Sterile Cliff, . 101 XIII. In the Cavern, . in XIV. Hesperia speaks, . 120 XV. Flotsam, 129 XVI. The Gardf.n of Hesperides. 138 XVII. The City of Peace, 145 —— CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE XVIII. —Nature relapsing, .... 154 " " XIX. The George Washington comes, . 163 XX. The Marriage of Philip and Adela, . 172 XXL—Traitors at Work, . .181 XXII. The Morning Coffee, . 190 XXIII. —A Gathering of the Gods, . .199 XXIV.—The Dead Calm, . .205 XXV.—The Tempest, ..... 214 XXVI. Hesperia discourses, . 223 XXVII.—A Strange Honeymoon, . 233 XXVIII. In the Captain's Gig, . 245 XXIX.—The Comprado Idyl, .... 254 XXX. Dr Fernandez pays one Debt, . 263 XXXI. Anatole and Eugene find Happiness . 270 XXXII.—From Night to Day, . 279 PREFACE. A Preface is an explanation or an apology from the Author to the Reader. In the present work the Author finds it difficult to write this Preface, for he cannot explain, and he does not care to apologise, honestly and sincerely as he desires to give no offence.
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