THE LAUGHING CAVALIER
THE STORY OF THE ANCESTOR OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
BARONESS ORCZY
Author of "Unto Cæsar," "The Scarlet Pimpernel," "El Dorado," "Meadowsweet," etc.
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1914,
By The Ridgway Company
Copyright, 1914,
By George H. Doran Company
CONTENTS
[AN APOLOGY]
[THE PROLOGUE]
[THE ADVENTURE]
[CHAPTER I New Year's Eve]
[CHAPTER II The Fracas by the Postern Gate]
[CHAPTER III An Interlude]
[CHAPTER IV Watch-night]
[CHAPTER V Brother and Sister]
[CHAPTER VI The Counsels of Prudence]
[CHAPTER VII Three Philosophers and their Friends]
[CHAPTER VIII The Lodgings which were Paid for]
[CHAPTER IX The Painter of Pictures]
[CHAPTER X The Laughing Cavalier]
[CHAPTER XI The Bargain]
[CHAPTER XII The Portrait]
[CHAPTER XIII The Spanish Wench]
[CHAPTER XIV After Evensong]
[CHAPTER XV The Halt at Bennebrock]
[CHAPTER XVI Leyden]
[CHAPTER XVII An Understanding]
[CHAPTER XVIII The Start]
[CHAPTER XIX In the Kingdom of the Night]
[CHAPTER XX Back Again in Haarlem]
[CHAPTER XXI A Grief-stricken Father]
[CHAPTER XXII A Double Pledge]
[CHAPTER XXIII A Spy from the Camp]
[CHAPTER XXIV The Birth of Hate]
[CHAPTER XXV An Arrant Knave]
[CHAPTER XXVI Back to Houdekerk]
[CHAPTER XXVII Thence to Rotterdam]
[CHAPTER XXVIII Check]
[CHAPTER XXIX Check Again]
[CHAPTER XXX A Nocturne]
[CHAPTER XXXI The Molens]
[CHAPTER XXXII A Run Through the Night]
[CHAPTER XXXIII The Captive Lion]
[CHAPTER XXXIV Protestations]
[CHAPTER XXXV The Witness for the Defence]
[CHAPTER XXXVI Brother Philosophers]
[CHAPTER XXXVII Dawn]
[CHAPTER XXXVIII The Hour]
[CHAPTER XXXIX "Sauve Qui Peut"]
[CHAPTER XL The Loser Pays]
[CHAPTER XLI "Vengeance is Mine"]
[CHAPTER XLII The Fight in the Doorway]
[CHAPTER XLIII Leyden Once More]
[CHAPTER XLIV Blake of Blakeney]
[CHAPTER XLV The End]