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A Christian
But A Roman
By
Maurus Jókai
Doubleday & McClure Co.
New York 1900
Copyright, 1900, by
DOUBLEDAY & MCCLURE COMPANY
| By the Same Author |
 |
| Debts of Honor |
| The Poor Plutocrats |
| A Hungarian Nabob |
| The Nameless Castle |
| Etc., Etc. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | 40 |
| CHAPTER III. | 56 |
| CHAPTER IV. | 66 |
| CHAPTER V. | 80 |
| CHAPTER VI. | 90 |
| CHAPTER VII. | 96 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | 104 |
| CHAPTER IX. | 119 |
| CHAPTER X. | 133 |
| CHAPTER XI. | 149 |
| CHAPTER XII. | 163 |
A CHRISTIAN BUT A ROMAN.
CHAPTER I.
In the days of the Cæsars the country surrounding Rome vied insplendour and luxury with the capital itself. Throughout the wholeregion appeared the villas of Roman patricians, abodes of aristocraticcomfort, where every artist, from the sculptor to the—cook, had donehis utmost to render them attractive and beautiful.
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