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THE GLORY OF THE CONQUERED

THE STORY OF A GREAT LOVE

BY

SUSAN GLASPELL

1909

To DR. A. L. HAGEBOECK,

Who Made This Book Possible

CONTENTS

PART ONE

      I. ERNESTINE
     II. THE LETTER
    III. KARL
     IV. JACK AND "HIGHER TRUTH"
      V. THE HOME-COMING
     VI. "GLORIA VICTIS"
    VII. ERNESTINE IN HER STUDIO
   VIII. SCIENCE, ART AND LOVE
     IX. As THE SURGEON SAW IT
      X. KARL IN HIS LABORATORY
     XI. PICTURES IN THE EMBERS
    XII. A WARNING AND A PREMONITION
   XIII. AN UNCROSSED BRIDGE
    XIV. "TO THE GREAT UNWHIMPERING!"
     XV. THE VERDICT
    XVI. "GOOD LUCK, BEASON!"
   XVII. DISTANT STRAINS OF TRIUMPH
  XVIII. TELLING ERNESTINE
    XIX. INTO THE DARK

PART TWO

XX. MARRIAGE AND PAPER BAGS XXI. FACTORY-MADE OPTIMISM XXII. A BLIND MAN'S TWILIGHT XXIII. HER VISION XXIV. LOVE CHALLENGES FATE XXV. DR. PARKMAN'S WAY XXVI. OLD-FASHIONED LOVE XXVII. LEARNING TO BE KARL'S EYES XXVIII. WITH BROKEN SWORD XXIX. UNPAINTED MASTERPIECES XXX. EYES FOR TWO XXXI. SCIENCE AND SUPER-SCIENCE XXXII. THE DOCTOR HAS HIS WAY XXXIII. LOVE'S OWN HOUR XXXIV. ALMOST DAWN XXXV. "OH, HURRY—HURRY!" XXXVI. WITH THE OUTGOING TIDE

PART THREE

XXXVII. BENEATH DEAD LEAVESXXXVIII. PATCHWORK QUILTS XXXIX. ASH HEAP AND ROSE JAR XL. "LET THERE BE LIGHT" XLI. WHEN THE TIDE CAME IN XLII. WORK, THE SAVIOUR XLIII. "AND THERE WAS LIGHT"

THE GLORY OF THE CONQUERED

PART ONE

CHAPTER I

ERNESTINE

She had promised to marry a scientist! It was too overwhelming a thoughtto entertain standing there by the window. She sought the room's mostcomfortable chair and braced herself to the situation.

If, one month before, a gossiping daughter of Fate had come to herwith—"Shall I tell you something?—You are going to marry a man ofscience!"—she would have smiled serenely at Fate's amusing mistake andresponded—"My good friend, it is quite true that great uncertaintyattends this subject. So much to be expected is the unexpected, that I amquite willing to admit I may marry the hurdy-gurdy man who playsbeneath my window. I know life well enough to appreciate that I maymarry a pawnbroker or the Sultan of Turkey. I assert but one thing. Ishall not marry a 'man of science.'"

And now, not only had she promised to marry a man of science, but she hadquite overlooked the fact of his being one! And the thing which strippedher of the last shred of consistency was that she was to marry, not theevery-day, average "man of science," but one of the foremost scientistsof all the world! The powers in charge of things matrimonial must besmiling a quiet little smile to-night.

But ah—here was the vindication! He had not asked her to marry him. Hehad simply come and told her she was to marry him. And he was a great,strong man—far more powerful than she. She had had positively nothing todo with it! Was it her fault th

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