The Amulet

THE AMULET. - BY HENDRIK CONSCIENCE, - AUTHOR OF "THE CURSE OF THE VILLAGE," "THE HAPPINESS OF BEING RICH," "VEVA," "THE LION OF FLANDERS," "COUNT HUGO OF CRAENHOVE," "WOODEN CLARA," "THE POOR GENTLEMAN," "RICKETICKETACK," "THE DEMON OF GOLD," "THE VILLAGE INN-KEEPER," "THE CONSCRIPT," "BLIND ROSA," "THE MISER," "THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER," ETC.

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

THE AMULET. - CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II. - SIGNOR DEODATI.

CHAPTER III. - THE PALACE OF SIMON TURCHI, AND WHAT OCCURRED THERE.

CHAPTER IV. - THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION—THE ASSASSINATOR SLAIN.

CHAPTER V. - VAN DE WERVE'S RECEPTION—SIMON TURCHI'S JEALOUSY AND HATRED.

CHAPTER VI. - SIMON TURCHI WREAKS HIS VENGEANCE ON GERONIMO.

CHAPTER VII. - GRIEF AT GEROME'S ABSENCE—TURCHI'S HYPOCRISY.

CHAPTER VIII. - SIMON TURCHI TRIES TO CONCEAL HIS CRIME.