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THE FURNACE
BY R. MACAULAY
AUTHOR OF 'ABBOTS VERNEY'
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1907
TO THE
OTHER CITIZENS OF SANTA CATERINA,
VARAZZE,
WHO, AT PRESENT SCATTERED LABORIOUSLY OVER
THREE CONTINENTS,
INTEND, IN THE SPACIOUS DAYS OF LEISURE
THAT AGE SHALL BRING,
TO INHABIT AGAIN THE RED HOUSE BEYOND THE TOWN
AND NAVIGATE THE WHITE CANOE.
Maurice Maeterlinck
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. YOUTH IN THE CITY
CHAPTER II. THE IMPRESSION-SEEKER
CHAPTER III. OF MENTAL STANDPOINTS
CHAPTER IV. BLIND WALLS
CHAPTER V. BALÆ'S BAY
CHAPTER VI. GRADONI
CHAPTER VII. RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT
CHAPTER VIII. BROKEN BARRIERS
CHAPTER IX. FURNACE FLAMES
CHAPTER X. BETTY AND TOMMY
CHAPTER XI. THE ETERNAL ROADS
CHAPTER XII. THE ROADS DIVIDE
CHAPTER XIII. PINE-BARK BOATS
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE FURNACE
CHAPTER I
YOUTH IN THE CITY
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Royalty was arriving in the harbour in a steam-yacht. It had, that is,already arrived in the harbour; it was now disembarking on the pier. Itwas an interesting event. An edified crowd watched it; representativesof the Press jotted down their impressions; some took photographs. A fewdrew pictures instead. The representative of the Marchese Peppino, anillustrated paper widely perused in certain circles, drew pictu