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CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE
BY
V. SACKVILLE-WEST
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Publishers New York
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
DEDICATION
ACABA EMBEO SIN TIRO, MEN CHUAJAÑI;
LIRENAS, BERJARAS TIRI OCHI BUSÑE,
CHANGERI, TA ARMENSALLE.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| EPILOGUE | 1 |
| PART I—JULIAN | 5 |
| I | 7 |
| II | 28 |
| III | 42 |
| IV | 54 |
| V | 75 |
| PART II—EVE | 93 |
| I | 95 |
| II | 108 |
| III | 128 |
| IV | 147 |
| V | 160 |
| VI | 180 |
| PART III—APHROS | 197 |
| I | 199 |
| II | 222 |
| III | 235 |
| IV | 240 |
| V | 257 |
| VI | 274 |
| VII | 293 |
EPILOGUE
A man and a woman leaned idly over the balustradewatching the steady stream of guests that mounted themagnificent staircase. The marble of the balustrade wascool beneath the woman's bare arms, for it was summer,and the man, without interrupting his murmur ofcomment and anecdote, glanced admiringly at her, andthought that, in spite of her forty years, she, withdiamonds in her hair and the great ropes of pearls overher shoulders, need not fear comparison with all thebeauty of London assembled at that ball. Her beautyand dignity melted pleasantly, for him, into the wealthof the house, th