The House with Two Doors. The Upper Portal. The Powder of Attraction. Clytæmnestra. The Mark of Cain. Before the Court. Two Witnesses. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "'If you want me to draw her horoscope,' the astrologer replied." Frontispiece "The showman was counting his gains into his pouch." "Jehan went trembling and found the hole." "The astrologer rose slowly from his seat." "Jehan leapt back with a shriek of pain." "For a second the man in black stood breathless." "'Madame! Madame de Vidoche, if you please!'"