Produced by Suzanne Shell, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Satanella [Illustration: "His next stride brought him on his head." (Page 133.) _Satanella._ _Frontispiece_] Satanella A Story of Punchestown By G.J. Whyte-Melville Author of "Holmby House," "The Gladiators," "Kate Coventry," &c., &c. Illustrated by Lucy E. Kemp-Welch London Ward, Lock & Co., Limited New York and Melbourne CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. The Black Mare 7 II. Miss Douglas 14 III. Daisy 23 IV. Mrs. Lushington 30 V. Through the Mill 37 VI. Cutting for Partners 45 VII. Getting On 56 VIII. Insatiable 64 IX. Off and On 71 X. At Sea 80 XI. Cormac's-Town 91 XII. One too Many 102 XIII. Punchestown 116 XIV. "A Good Thing" 136 XV. Winners and Losers 146 XVI. A Garden of Eden 158 XVII. "Soldier Bill" 169 XVIII. Delilah 180 XIX. "The River's Brim" 190 XX. Taking the Collar 204 XXI. A Snake in the Grass 212 XXII. An Expert 221 XXIII. The Debt of Honour 232 XXIV. A Pertinent Question 241 XXV. A Satisfactory Answer 252 XXVI. Afternoon Tea 260 XXVII. A Hard Morsel 271 XXVIII. "Seeking Rest and Finding None" 280 XXIX. Undivided 289 XXX. The Bitter End 304 SATANELLA CHAPTER I THE BLACK MARE "She'll make a chaser annyhow!"