TO
RANDOLPH HENRY STEWART
ELEVENTH EARL OF GALLOWAY
HEAD OF THE ANCIENT HOUSE OF STEWART
THIS STORY IS DEDICATED
WITH THE
AUTHORS’ AFFECTIONATE REGARD

Sept. 1, 1907.

CONTENTS

PAGE
The King’s Comrade[1]
I.The State Crust[3]
II.Cavalier and Capitan[21]
Farrant Chace[43]
I.Farrant Chace[45]
II.The Lady in the Snow[58]
III.The Ransom[64]
IV.Under the Stars[78]
The Enigma of the Locket[87]
I.Little Satan[89]
II.Whitehall Stairs[106]
III.The Linnet’s Song[124]
The Peacock Walk[145]
I.June Roses[147]
II.Fatherly Wisdom[168]
III.The New French Pass[186]
The King’s Cup[197]
I.Little Satan[199]
II.The Venetian Glass[225]
III.The Phial of Acquetta[236]
Lady Chillingburgh’s Last Card-Party[251]
I.Lincoln’s Inn Fields[253]
II.Love’s Reproach[267]
III.The Plague-Cart[281]
Broken Sanctuary[297]
I.The Haven of Refuge[299]
II.The Gold Whistle[308]
III.Nemesis[323]
The Red Desolation[339]
I.The Watchers[341]
II.The Testament[351]
III.The Last Command[368]

ILLUSTRATIONS

“Through the open window, out of the darkness, gathered a heavy rumble of wheels; then again uprose the call of the bell, the cry of the hoarse voice: ‘Bring out your dead!’” ([See page 293])[Frontispiece]
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“The single contemptuous exclamation fell like the cut of a whip”[68]
“She felt at last that she had power”[132]
“Lionel took place beside him and from narrowed lids looked smilingly at the young man’s happy countenance”[184]
“The huddled figure in the great chair. The face of her that had so stout a heart, conquered in death—but less piteous, less awful sight than the living face of the French madam”[314]
“Harry gave a deep groan, covered his face with his hands, and fell upon the bench”[364]