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THE YELLOW ROSE
THE YELLOW ROSE
A NOVEL
BY
MAURUS JÓKAI
Author of "Black Diamonds," "The Green Book,""Eyes like the Sea," "Pretty Michal,""Doctor Dumany's Wife," etc.
LONDON
JARROLD & SONS, 10 & 11, WARWICK LANE, E.C.
[All Rights Reserved]
Translated by BEATRICE DANFORDfrom the original Hungarian.
Copyright:—
London: Jarrold & Sons.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | 7 |
| CHAPTER II. | 13 |
| CHAPTER III. | 44 |
| CHAPTER IV. | 77 |
| CHAPTER V. | 94 |
| CHAPTER VI. | 97 |
| CHAPTER VII. | 107 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | 119 |
| CHAPTER IX. | 129 |
| CHAPTER X. | 147 |
| CHAPTER XI. | 165 |
| CHAPTER XII. | 181 |
THE YELLOW ROSE
CHAPTER I.
This happened when no train crossed the Hortobágy, when throughout theAlföld there was not a railway, and the water of the Hortobágy had notbeen regulated. The two-wheeled mill clattered gaily in the littleriver, and the otter lived happily among the reeds.
At the first streak of dawn, a horseman came riding across the flat Zámpuszta, which lies on the far side of the Hortobágy River (takingDebreczin as the c