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convenient one, for it shuts the mouth of any critic

who might be disposed to comment on the probability of the incident. That is indeed a consideration with which it is needless to trouble oneself. We have a capital story, moving briskly along, and leaving, so to speak, a good taste in the mouth, when it is finished. The "prophet" is a striking figure, and makes, with his rough

and frank lawlessness, an excellent foil to the subtle villainy of Amyatt. The particular form which the villainy takes is a remarkable effort of imagination on the romance-writer's part. It would spoil the story to say more; but the reader may be sure that he will find something quite new to him.