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                          THE COMING OF THE KING

                            By JOSEPH HOCKING

_Author of "All Men are Liars" "The Scarlet Woman" "A Flame of Fire"
etc., etc._

                    ILLUSTRATIONS BY GRENVILLE MANTON


    LONDON:
    WARD LOCK & CO. LIMITED
    1904


[Illustration: "'My name is Roland Rashcliffe, your Majesty.'" (_Page
130._)]




       CONTENTS


       I THE COMING OF KATHARINE HARCOMB                 7

      II THE SECRET OF THE BLACK BOX                    17

     III THE KING'S MARRIAGE CONTRACT                   28

      IV THE HAPPENING AT THE INN                       39

       V A MIDNIGHT MEETING                             49

      VI THE OLD HOUSE AT PYCROFT                       59

     VII THE MYSTERY OF PYCROFT                         69

    VIII HOW I ENTERED PYCROFT                          79

      IX FATHER SOLOMON AT BAY                          89

       X THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON                          99

      XI THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER                       110

     XII THE COMING OF THE KING                        121

    XIII AN ADVENTURE ON THE CANTERBURY ROAD           133

     XIV HOW I SAW A MAN WHO BECAME FAMOUS!            142

      XV MASTER STURGEON, THE GAOLER                   153

     XVI THE ESCAPE                                    164

    XVII HOW I LEFT BEDFORD                            174

