Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) MARJORIE BY Justin Huntly McCarthy _Author of_ "IF I WERE KING" _Oh Marjorie, my world's delight Your yellow hair is angel-bright, Your eyes are angel-blue. I thought, and think, the sweetest sight Between the morning and the night Is just the sight of you._ New York R. H. RUSSELL 1903 COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY R. H. RUSSELL First Impression, March, 1903 [Illustration] To ANTHONY HOPE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. MY APOLOGY 1 II. LANCELOT AMBER 7 III. THE ALEHOUSE BY THE RIVER 15 IV. A MAID CALLED BARBARA 29 V. LANCELOT LEAVES 38 VI. THE GENTLEMAN IN BLUE 54 VII. CAPTAIN MARMADUKE'S PLAN 62 VIII. THE COMPANY AT THE NOBLE ROSE 68 IX. THE TALK IN THE DOLPHIN 72 X. SHE COMES DOWN THE STAIRS 81 XI. A FEAST OF THE GODS 87 XII. MR. DAVIES'S GIFTS 91 XIII. TO THE SEA 100 XIV. THE SEA LIFE 105 XV. UTOPIA HO! 113 XVI. I MAKE A DISCOVERY 117 XVII. A VISITATION 126 XVIII. THE NIGHT AND MORNING 134 XIX. HOW SOME OF US GOT TO THE ISLAND 145 XX. A BAD NIGHT 155 XXI. RAFTS 163 XXII. WE LOSE CORNELYS JENSEN 168 XXIII. WE GET TO THE ISLAND 179 XXIV. FAIR ISLAND 190 XXV. THE STORY FROM THE SEA 205 XXVI. THE BUSINESS BEGINS 214 XXVII. AN ILL TALE 232 XXVIII. WE DEFY JENSEN 241 XXIX. THE ATTACK AT LAST 249 XXX. OUR FLAG COMES DOWN 261 XXXI. A PIECE OF DIPLOMACY 268 XXXII. THE SEA GIVES UP ITS QUICK 280 XXXIII. THE LAST OF THE SHIP 290 MARJORIE CHAPTER I MY APOLOGY