The Red Chancellor

by Sir William Magnay

For the ePub edition of this book, the cover was produced by the Transcriber, and placed in the public domain.

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THE
RED CHANCELLOR

By
SIR WILLIAM MAGNAY, Bart.

Author of “The Man of the Hour,” “Rogues in Arcady,”
“The Pitfall,” etc.

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO

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“You may be my friend in this place where I have no friends.” (Chapter XVIII.)
The Red Chancellor]	[Frontispiece

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CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I	Duke Johann’s Chapel	[5]
II	The Face in the Light	[11]
III	The Jaguar	[15]
IV	The King and the Chancellor	[19]
V	The Deserted Ball-room	[23]
VI	The Capsized Boat	[31]
VII	Supper at the Baroness’s	[40]
VIII	The Beating of Death’s Wings	[46]
IX	The Duel	[55]
X	An Asylum	[62]
XI	A Court Physician	[66]
XII	A Mysterious Occurrence	[72]
XIII	The Stone Sarcophagus	[77]
XVI	The Professor is Maimed	[86]
XV	A Lesson in Geology	[91]
XVI	A Blow is Struck	[97]
XVII	The Jaguar’s Den	[104]
XVIII	A Word of Warning	[112]
XIX	The Fan	[118]
XX	The Living Dead	[125]
XXI	A Wastrel	[131]
XXII	The Light in the Wood	[138]
XXIII	What we saw at Carlzig	[145]
XXIV	The Midnight Burial	[150]
XXV	Von Lindheim’s Departure	[154]
XXVI	I Shoot with the Count	[160]
XXVII	The Dish of Sweetmeats	[166]
XXVIII	The Prior’s Room	[174]
XXIX	The Count’s Hospitality	[179]
XXX	A Discovery	[186]
XXXI	The Dark Way	[186]
XXXII	Asta at Last	[194]
XXXIII	An Ominous Visit	[191]
XXXIV	We Outstrip our Fortune	[209]
XXXV	The Attack	[220]
XXXVI	Restoration	[230]
XXXVII	The Last Meeting	[238]

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THE RED CHANCELLOR