THE TALE OF TRIONA
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
IDOLS
JAFFERY
VIVIETTE
SEPTIMUS
DERELICTS
THE USURPER
STELLA MARIS
WHERE LOVE IS
THE ROUGH ROAD
THE MOUNTEBANK
THE RED PLANET
THE WHITE DOVE
FAR-AWAY STORIES
SIMON THE JESTER
A STUDY IN SHADOWS
A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY
THE WONDERFUL YEAR
THE HOUSE OF BALTAZAR
THE FORTUNATE YOUTH
THE BELOVÈD VAGABOND
AT THE GATE OF SAMARIA
THE GLORY OF CLEMENTINA
THE MORALS OF MARCUS ORDEYNE
THE DEMAGOGUE AND LADY PHAYRE
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOL
THE TALE OF TRIONA
BY
WILLIAM J. LOCKE
Author of “The Belovèd Vagabond,” “The Morals of
Marcus Ordeyne,” etc.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1922
Copyright, 1922
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
THE TALE OF TRIONA
THE TALE OF TRIONA
CHAPTER I
OLIVIA GALE leaned back in her chair at theend of the dining-room table, and looked firstat the elderly gentleman on her right, and thenat the elderly gentleman on her left.
“You’re both of you as kind as can be, and I’m morethan grateful for all you’ve done; but I do wish you’dsee that it’s no use arguing. It only hurts and makesus tired. Do help yourself, Mr. Trivett. And—anothercup of tea, Mr. Fenmarch?”
Mr. Fenmarch, on her left, passed his cup with a sigh.He was a dusty, greyish man, his face covered with anindeterminate growth of thin short hair. His eyes wereof a dull, uns