"Aliva recognized on the helmet the crest of the De Beauchamps." Page [143].

THE ROBBER BARON
OF BEDFORD CASTLE

BY A. J. FOSTER AND E. E. CUTHELL

LONDON, EDINBURGH,
DUBLIN, AND NEW YORK
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
1903

CONTENTS

  1. [By the Banks of Ouse]
  2. [Bletsoe Manor-House]
  3. [How Aliva received a Second Suitor]
  4. [In Bedford Castle]
  5. [In Elstow Abbey]
  6. [A Penitent]
  7. ["*Arcades Ambo*"]
  8. [Justice in Bonds]
  9. [An Unexpected Meeting]
  10. [Through Ouse Marshes]
  11. [Breathing-Time]
  12. [At the Castle of Eaton Socon]
  13. [The Bird in the Cage]
  14. [The Sanctuary Violated]
  15. [Ralph raps at the Castle Gate]
  16. [Within the Castle Walls]
  17. [The King in Council]
  18. [Heard Underground]
  19. [Fears and Hopes]
  20. [Love Laughs at Locksmiths]
  21. [The Castle Falls]
  22. [Ralph to the Rescue]
  23. [A tête-à-tête Ride to Elstow Abbey]
  24. ["*De Mortuis*"]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["Aliva recognized on the helmet the crest of the De Beauchamps"] . . . . . . Frontispiece.

["The soldiers cast the bailiff into the midst of the fire"]