Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Michael Roe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH. [Illustration: _Drawn by Edwin S. Hope._ NATASHA] THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION A Tale of the Coming Terror BY GEORGE GRIFFITH _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED. T. JANE_ FIFTH EDITION LONDON TOWER PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 91 MINORIES, E.C. 1894 _Copyrighted Abroad_] [_All Foreign Rights Reserved_ TO CYRIL ARTHUR PEARSON TO WHOSE SUGGESTION THE WRITING OF THIS STORY WAS PRIMARILY DUE THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR, 1 II. AT WAR WITH SOCIETY, 8 III. A FRIENDLY CHAT, 16 IV. THE HOUSE ON CLAPHAM COMMON, 23 V. THE INNER CIRCLE, 30 VI. NEW FRIENDS, 37 VII. THE DAUGHTER OF NATAS, 46 VIII. LEARNING THE PART, 54 IX. THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS, 63 X. THE "ARIEL," 70 XI. FIRST BLOOD, 78 XII. IN THE MASTER'S NAME, 85 XIII. FOR LIFE OR DEATH, 91 XIV. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT, 98 XV. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, 103 XVI. A WOOING IN MID-AIR, 110 XVII. AERIA FELIX, 119 XVIII. A NAVY OF THE FUTURE, 127 XIX. THE EVE OF BATTLE, 135 XX. BETWEEN TWO LIVES, 141 XXI. JUST IN TIME, 153 XXII. ARMED NEUTRALITY, 162 XXIII. A BATTLE IN THE NIGHT, 169 XXIV. THE NEW WARFARE, 179 XXV. THE HERALDS OF DISASTER, 188 XXVI. AN INTERLUDE, 193 XXVII. ON THE TRACK OF TREASON, 201 XXVIII. A SKIRMISH IN THE CLOUDS, 208 XXIX. AN EMBASSY FROM THE SKY, 216 XXX. AT CLOSE QUARTERS, 225 XXXI. A RUSSIAN RAID, 233 XXXII. THE END OF THE CHASE, 241 XXXIII. THE BREAKING OF THE CHARM, 247 XXXIV. THE PATH OF CONQUEST, 251 XXXV. FROM CHAOS TO ARCADIE, 258 XXXVI. LOVE AND DUTY, 267 XXXVII. THE CAPTURE OF A CONTINENT, 276 XXXVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END, 289 XXXIX. THE BATTLE OF DOVER, 295 XL. BELEAGUERED LONDON, 301 XLI. AN ENVOY OF DELIVERANCE, 308 XLII. THE EVE OF ARMAGEDDON, 315 XLIII. THE OLD LION AT BAY, 323 XLIV. THE TURN OF THE BATTLE-TIDE, 331