A LOST LEADER

A TALE OF RESTORATION DAYS.

DOROTHEA TOWNSHEND.

"And I but think and speak and do
As my dead fathers move me to."
R. L. STEVENSON.

ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD PIFFARD

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GENERAL LITERATURE
COMMITTEE.

LONDON:
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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

[Prologue]—"Under which King?"
I. [Vae Victis!]
II. [A Noble Enemy]
III. [The End of a Regicide]
IV. [The Pleasant Isle of Avès]
V. [Hidden Worth]
VI. [An Old Acquaintance]
VII. [Fate at Work]
VIII. [The Queen returns to Hunstanton]
IX. [A Precious Thing discovered late]
X. [Escape]
XI. [A Candid Minister]
XII. [The Ghost of Hunstanton Place]
XIII. [A Visionary]
XIV. [Fate's Sequel]
[Notes]