A Gilded Serpent

A Gilded Serpent is the story of an affair between Norah Lacey and Jim and the mystery surrounding their entanglements. Excerpt: «SOON after leaving the pleasantly situated country town of Ministerfield, by the high road running North, the traveler used to catch sight of the tower and turrets and upper windows of Runnells Hall, a fine old mansion, a portion of it dating back to Henry VIII's time. It was conspicuously perched on a wooded eminence, and formed a very picturesque object in the landscape.»