Thanks, Jack, for the tip about James Branch Cabell.
Funny, I had read a detailed
biography of author Elinor Wylie, who is mentioned in
everything I have just read about Cabell …
but Cabell left no impression on me in her life story.

I'm going to look up
Cabell's The White Robe which sounds like juicy stuff,
even if it is not part of his Poictesme series.