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THE IMPENDING SWORD.





LONDON:
ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W.






THE
IMPENDING SWORD.

A Novel.



BY
EDMUND YATES,
AUTHOR OF 'BLACK SHEEP,' 'THE ROCK AHEAD,' 'THE YELLOW FLAG,'
ETC. ETC.



'Put we our quarrel to the will of Heaven,
Who,when He sees the hours ripe on earth
Will rain hot vengeance on the offenders' heads.'
SHAKESPEARE.



IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.



LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8 CATHERINE ST. STRAND.
1874.
[The right of translation, dramatic adaptation, and reproduction isreserved.]






Affectionately inscribed
TO
MR. AND MRS. J. A. FITHIAN,
OF NEW YORK CITY,
BY THEIR ATTACHED FRIEND.






CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
Book the First.
THE EMPIRE CITY.
CHAP. 
I.THE CURTAIN RISES.
II.THE LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS.
III.THE SHADOW OF PARTING.
IV.HELEN'S DIARY.
V.AN EXPLANATION.
VI.A MYSTERIOUS COMMISSION.
VII.CONJUGAL CONFIDENCE.
VIII.A WANDERING STAR.
IX.A DINNER OF CELEBRITIES.
X.NO NONSENSE ABOUT HER.






Book the First.
THE EMPIRE CITY.




 CHAPTER I.
THE CURTAIN RISES.

'And you really insist upon my going?'
'Insist is not the word. Stay here if you like it better, and amuseyourself by drinking brandy-and-soda-water, which, since your visit toEurope, it seems you cannot do without. All I say is, that I shall go,and if you want to see some pretty women you had better come with me.'
'What did you say the man's name was? and where does he live?'
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