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A wild and romantic spot in Hungary is the scene of this story. Camiola France, a young English girl, has come to the place to visit a school friend . It is far off the beaten track of travel, and its one tourist hotel had been closed some years before after the inexplicable disappearance of a party of guests. There are weird tales afloat of a dragon—and there is an old prophecy concerning a fair-haired dragon slayer that seems about to be fulfilled. These mysteries fascinate Camiola, and as she is mistress of her own fortune, she promptly leases the ancient mountain castle that has stood empty for years, invites to it a party of her friends. and starts to investigate the mystery. The fair-haired young guide who acts as her companion in her search begins shortly to have for amiola a personal interest. She is amazed at herself. and ashamed—but all this, as it happens, is part of the working out of the prophecy

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