E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Karen Dalrymple, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) The LIGHT of SCARTHEY The of A Romance By Egerton Castle Egerton Castle Author of "The Pride of Jennico," "Young April," etc. "Take whichsoever way thou wilt—the ways are all alike; But do thou only come—I bade my threshold wait thy coming. From out my window one can see the graves, and on my life The graves keep watch." Luteplayer's Song. Frederick A. Stokes Company By Frederick A. Stokes Company. THIS BOOK TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERICK ANDREWS LARKING OF THE ROCKS, EAST MALLING, KENT THAT, SO LONG AS ANYTHING OF MINE SHALL ENDURE, THERE MAY ENDURE ALSO A RECORD OF OUR FRIENDSHIP AND OF MY SORROW [Pg vii] [Pg vii]