XXI. TRUE TO HIS CLOTH
XXII. GREEK AND GREEK
XXIII. STRICKEN DOWN
XXIV. BACK TO LIFE
XXV. BACK TO WORK
XXVI. SIGNOR BRUNO
XXVII. IN THE RUE ST GINGOLPHE AGAIN
XXVIII. THE MAKING OF CHRISTIAN VELLACOTT






CHAPTER I


IN THE RUE ST. GINGOLPHE


It was, not so many years ago, called the Rue de l'Empire, but
republics are proverbially sensitive. Once they are established they
become morbidly desirous of obliterating a past wherein no republic
flourished. The street is therefore dedicated to St. Gingolphe to-day.
To-morrow? Who can tell?

It is presumably safe to take it for granted that you are located in the
neighbourhood of the Louvre, on the north side of the river which is so
unimportant a factor to Paris. For all good Englishmen have been, or
hope in the near future to be, located near this spot. All good