The Drums of War
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Drums of War, by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
BY
H. DE VERE STACPOOLE
Author of The Blue Lagoon, Garryowen, The Pools of Silence, etc.
NEW YORK DUFFIELD & COMPANY 1910
Copyright, 1910, by DUFFIELD & COMPANY
THE PREMIER PRESS NEW YORK
THE DRUMS OF WAR
The Drums of War
We had been travelling since morning, three of us—my father, General Count Mahon, myself, and Joubert—to say nothing of Marengo the boarhound which followed our carriage. The great old family travelling-carriage, packed with luggage, wine, and cigars, and drawn by two stout horses, had been making the dust of Germany fly over the hedgeless German fields since dawn. It was noon now, and hot. I remember still the exact feel and smell of the blazing blue cushions as I pressed my childish cheek against them and felt how hot they were, and the unfailing pleasure and wonder with which the apple and plum trees bordering the road filled my soul. Apple trees and plum trees bordering the road, laden with fruit and unprotected, the snub-nosed German children we passed on the wayside, seemed to my mind happier than the inhabitants of Golconda, living in a country like that.
H. De Vere Stacpoole
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE ROAD TO FRANKFORT
CHAPTER II VON LICHTENBERG
CHAPTER III "I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE."
CHAPTER IV ELOISE
CHAPTER V I SEE MYSELF, NOT KNOWING
CHAPTER VI LITTLE CARL
CHAPTER VII THE MAN IN ARMOUR
CHAPTER VIII THE HUNTING-SONG
CHAPTER IX THE FAIRY TALE
CHAPTER X THE DEATH OF VOGEL
CHAPTER XI THE DUEL IN THE WOOD
CHAPTER XII WE RETURN HOME
CHAPTER XIII I FALL INTO DISGRACE
CHAPTER XIV THE RUINED ONES
CHAPTER XV THE PAVILION OF SALUCE
CHAPTER XVI THE VICOMTE
PART II
CHAPTER XVII A DÉJEÛNER AT THE CAFÉ DE PARIS
CHAPTER XVIII MY FIRST NIGHT IN PARIS
CHAPTER XX WHEN IT IS MAY
CHAPTER XXI "O YOUTH, WHAT A STAR THOU ART!"
CHAPTER XXII A POLITICAL RECEPTION
CHAPTER XXIII FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE
CHAPTER XXIV LA PEROUSE
CHAPTER XXV FRANZIUS MEETS ELOISE
CHAPTER XXVI THE TURRET ROOM
CHAPTER XXVII REMORSE
CHAPTER XXVIII THE OLD COAT
CHAPTER XXIX IN THE SUNK GARDEN
CHAPTER XXX THE MARRIAGE OF ELOISE
PART III
CHAPTER XXXI THE BALL
CHAPTER XXXII TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM FATE
CHAPTER XXXIII THE OVERTURE TO "UNDINE"
CHAPTER XXXIV PREPARING FOR THE DUEL
CHAPTER XXXV A LESSON WITH THE FOILS
CHAPTER XXXVI THE DUEL
CHAPTER XXXVII MARGARET
CHAPTER XXXVIII THE DRUMS OF WAR
CHAPTER XXXIX NIGHT
CHAPTER XL THE SPIRIT OF EARTH
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