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Simon Dale
BY
ANTHONY HOPE
T. NELSON & SONS
LONDON AND EDINBURGH
PARIS: 189, rue Saint-Jacques
LEIPZIG: 35-37 Königstrasse


CONTENTS

I.[The Child of Prophecy]3
II.[The Way of Youth]18
III.[The Music of the World]33
IV.[Cydaria revealed]49
V.[I am forbidden to forget]65
VI.[An Invitation to Court]84
VII.[What came of Honesty]103
VIII.[Madness, Magic, and Moonshine]122
IX.[Of Gems and Pebbles]140
X.[Je Viens, Tu Viens, Il Vient] 160
XI.[The Gentleman from Calais]180
XII.[The Deference of His Grace the Duke]201
XIII.[The Meed of Curiosity]222
XIV.[The King's Cup]244
XV.[M. de Perrencourt whispers]263
XVI.[M. de Perrencourt wonders]283
XVIII.[Some Mighty Silly Business]324
XIX. [A Night on the Road]345
XX.[The Vicar's Proposition]362
XXI.[The Strange Conjuncture of Two Gentlemen]378
XXII.[The Device of Lord Carford]396
XXIII.[A Pleasant Penitence]414
XXIV.[A Comedy before the King]434
XXV. [The Mind of M. de Fontelles]451
XXVI.[I come Home]468


SIMON DALE


CHAPTER I