The Castle of Twilight [Illustration: Lenore] [Illustration] THE CASTLE OF TWILIGHT _By_ MARGARET HORTON POTTER _With six Illustrations by Ch. Weber_ [Illustration] CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO _1903_ COPYRIGHT A. C. MCCLURG & CO. 1903 Published September 26, 1903 DESIGNED, ARRANGED, AND PRINTED BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS TO G. M. McB. WHOSE MUSIC SUGGESTED THE STORY _This little volume is faithfully inscribed_ [Illustration: Nocturne—Grieg: Opus 54, No. 4. ] [Illustration] TABLE · OF CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD vii CHAPTER I. THE DESOLATION OF AGE 1 II. THE SILENCE OF YOUTH 29 III. FLAMMECŒUR 62 IV. THE PASSION 94 V. SHADOWS 121 VI. A LOVE-STRAIN 154 VII. THE LOST LENORE 177 VIII. TO A TRUMPET-CALL 209 IX. THE STORM 235 X. FROM RENNES 260 XI. THE WANDERER 286 XII. LAURE 316 XIII. LENORE 347 XIV. ELEANORE 378 XV. THE RISING TIDE 401 XVI. THE MIDDLE OF THE VALLEY 423 [Illustration] LIST · OF ILLUSTRATIONS Lenore _Frontispiece_ _Page_ The whole Castle had assembled to say God-speed to their departing lord 90 Only one among them seemed not of their mood 180 “Gerault—Gerault—my lord!” she whispered 276 Mother and child were happy to sit all day in the flower-strewn meadow 336 Hand in hand, by the murmurous sea, they walked 416 * * * * * _The decorations for title-page, end-papers, and chapter initials are by Miss Mabel Harlow_ _FOREWORD_