XVI. A DUEL IN ARCADY

XVII. RIDING THE REEFS

XVIII. THE STRINGS OF DESTINY

XIX. THE SENTENCE

XX. AFTER THE STORM

XXI. IN PORT




BOOK I

BELOW THE SUN LINE



CHAPTER I

THE GATES OF THE SEA

The part I played in Mrs. Falchion's career was not very noble, but I
shall set it forth plainly here, else I could not have the boldness to
write of her faults or those of others. Of my own history little need be
said in preface. Soon after graduating with honours as a physician, I
was offered a professional post in a college of medicine in Canada. It