TO THE
SPIRIT OF YOUTH
OF WHICH MAY WE ALL
PARTAKE

CONTENTS

MARSAN
CHAPTERPAGE
I.—I chance upon an Adventure[ 13]
II.—I walk into a Hornet’s Nest[ 28]
III.—I find the Key to the Puzzle[ 41]
IV.—I meet a Kindred Spirit[ 55]
V.—The Ride to Cadillac[ 67]
VI.—I taste of Roquefort’s Temper[ 79]
VII.—A Vision in the Night[ 90]
VIII.—Marleon![ 104]
IX.—The Den of the Wolf[ 115]
X.—The Question[ 125]
XI.—Roquefort’s Price[ 135]
XII.—A Message from Without[ 149]
XIII.—The Wheel turns[ 162]
XIV.—The Door in the Cliff[ 174]
XV.—Roquefort exacts a Promise[ 182]
XVI.—Madame la Duchesse de Roquefort[ 196]
XVII.—A Ten Years’ Vengeance[ 202]
XVIII.—Light![ 214]

A CHILD OF THE NIGHT
I.—An Encounter in the Streets[ 223]
II.—I find Myself Brother to an Enchanting Girl [ 234]
III.—I find my Part a Difficult One[ 242]
IV.—In which I come to Paris[ 253]
V.—M. Ribaut is Obdurate[ 266]
VI.—Ribaut plays a Card[ 276]
VII.—I am Fortunate in finding a New Friend[ 284]
VIII.—I keep an Appointment[ 292]
IX.—A Descent into a Cesspool[ 299]
X.—Mère Fouchon scores[ 309]
XI.—Torture[ 316]
XII.—A Child of the Night[ 329]
XIII.—A Night of Agony[ 339]
XIV.—Greater Love than Mine[ 350]
XV.—To the Church of St. Landry[ 358]
XVI.—M. D’Argenson’s Coup[ 370]
Envoy[ 377]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Oh, but he was a man!—a match for both of us almost[ Frontispiece]
She came to me shyly[ 22]
My bonds fell from me[ 98]
Who, looking deep into her eyes, could have lacked inspiration?[ 250]
“I forbid the marriage”[ 372]

MARSAN

A ROMANCE OF THE MIDI

CHAPTER I
I CHANCE UPON AN ADVENTURE

It was at the corner of the Rue Gogard that I saw her first. You may, perhaps, recall the place, if you know Montauban. A great barrack of a building, time-stained and neglected, blocks the way as one turns into it from the Rue Pluvois. Before the house is a high wall, pierced by a single gateway. The door is of oak, four inches thick and heavily barred with iron,—Vincennes has few stronger,—wherefrom it may be seen that he who built the structure was a man who had his enemies.