[Illustration: “_Prince Victor gave a gesture of pain and reluctance.
‘Must I tell you?_’”]
RED MASQUERADE
_Being the Story of_
THE LONE WOLF’S DAUGHTER
BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
1921
TO
J. PARKER READ, JR., ESQ.
THE CINEMA THAT WAS HIS
APOLOGY
This tale quite brazenly derives from the author’s invention for motion
pictures which Mr. J. Parker Read, Jr., produced in the autumn of 1919
under the title of “The Lone Wolf’s Daughter.”
It is only fair to state, however, that the author has in this version
taken as many high-handed liberties with the version used by the
photoplay director as the latter took with the original.
The chance to get even for once was too tempting....
Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Company in the first instance, and then Mr.
Arthur T. Vance, editor of _The Pictorial Review_, in which the story
was published as a serial, were equally guilty of the encouragement
which results in its appearance in its present guise.
L.J.V.
Westport—31 December, 1920.
Books by Louis Joseph Vance
CYNTHIA-OF-THE-MINUTE
JOAN THURSDAY
NOBODY
NO MAN’S LAND
POOL OF FLAME
PRIVATE WAR
SHEEP’S CLOTHING
THE BANDBOX
THE BLACK BAG
THE BRASS BOWL
THE BRONZE BELL
THE DARK MIRROR
THE DAY OF DAYS
THE DESTROYING ANGEL
THE FORTUNE HUNTER
THE ROMANCE OF TERENCE O’ROURKE
TREY O’ HEARTS
_Stories About “The Lone Wolf”_
THE LONE WOLF
THE FALSE FACES
RED MASQUERADE
ALIAS THE LONE WOLF
CONTENTS
BOOK ONE: A CHAPTER FROM THE YOUTH OF MONSIEUR MICHAEL LANYARD
CHAPTER I. PLEBEIAN AND PRINCE
CHAPTER II. THE PRINCESS SOFIA
CHAPTER III. MONSIEUR QUIXOTE
CHAPTER IV. THE FOOL AND HIS MONEY
CHAPTER V. IMPOSTOR
CHAPTER VI. THÉRÈSE
CHAPTER VII. FAMILY REUNION
CHAPTER VIII. GREEK VS. GREEK
CHAPTER IX. PAID IN FULL
BOOK TWO: THE LONE WOLF’S DAUGHTER
CHAPTER I. THE GIRL SOFIA