Did she guess what a dainty picture she made?—Page 100 THE TANGLED SKEIN By the Same Author I WILL REPAY THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL BY THE GODS BELOVED THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS A SON OF THE PEOPLE THE TANGLED SKEIN BY THE BARONESS ORCZY THE BARONESS ORCZY LONDON GREENING & CO., Ltd. 1907 All rights reserved Ltd. DEDICATION TO MY LITTLE SON JACK AND TO HIS SCHOOLMATES AT "RAMSBURY" BIRCHINGTON-ON-SEA AND Dear Boys, It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance. To you, therefore—to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea—I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life. Emmuska Orczy. Birchington-on-Sea February, 1907 Birchington-on-Sea Copyright in The United Kingdom, in the Dominion of Canada, and in the United States of America. CONTENTS THE TANGLED SKEIN