XXII. IN THE MACQUIS
XXIII. AN UNDERSTANDING
XXIV. "CE QUE FEMME VEUT"
XXV. ON THE GREAT ROAD
XXVI. THE END OF THE JOURNEY
XXVII. THE ABBE'S SALAD
XXVIII. GOLD
XXIX. A BALANCED ACCOUNT
XXX. THE BEGINNING AND THE END




THE ISLE OF UNREST




CHAPTER I.


THE MOVING FINGER.

"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it."


The afternoon sun was lowering towards a heavy bank of clouds hanging