THE FIRST VIEW OF RORAIMA
CHAPTER 4 COLONEL GREYSON’S MISSION
“She is heartless, soulless!” groaned Sir Harold. “Oh, Elaine, why should you be so fair and fickle?” He paced the floor like a man distraught. His eyes were bloodshot, his face ashy pale. This misery was more bitter than death. He had given the one great love of his life;
CHAPTER 3 “MY GOD! ALL IS AT AN END.”
Sir Harold Annesley was the most envied of men among his kind. He was young, wealthy and famous; possessed of a splendid physique, and the representative of an old and honorable line. There was no blot on the escutcheon of the Annesleys; the men had ever been noble and brave,
CHAPTER 2 A RIFT IN THE LUTE
“She is the loveliest girl in all England,” the papers said, when the engagement of Sir Harold Annesley and Lady Elaine Seabright was announced. “And Sir Harold is the lion of the season. Both are extremely wealthy, and it is in every way a most suitable match.” The wooing and