PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1910
Copyright, 1909, by Burton E. Stevenson
Under the title of “Tavernay”
Copyright, 1910, by J. B. Lippincott Company
Published September, 1910
Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company
The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
“For honour travels in a strait so narrow,
Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path.”
Troilus and Cressida
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | The Trap of Sergeant Dubosq | [ 11] |
| II. | In an Enemy I Find a Friend | [ 23] |
| III. | I Fall into a Pleasant Bondage | [ 40] |
| IV. | A Scent of Danger | [ 53] |
| V. | I Make My Confession | [ 69] |
| VI. | Eve in the Garden | [ 80] |
| VII. | I Dare and Am Forgiven | [ 91] |
| VIII. | A Serpent in the Garden | [ 99] |
| IX. | Pasdeloup | [ 109] |
| X. | Bread upon the Waters | [ 119] |
| XI. | At the Belle Image | [ 130] |
| XII. | Madness Becomes Frenzy | [ 141] |
| XIII. | The Unfolding of the Drama | [ 151] |
| XIV. | A Better Man than I | [ 163] |
| XV. | The End of Gabrielle’s Tower | [ 168] |
| XVI. | The Tragedy | [ 174] |
| XVII. | I Take a Vow | [ 184] |
| XVIII. | Circe’s Toilet | [ 194] |
| XIX. | The First Venture | [ 205] |
| XX. | A Dagger of Another Sort | [ 218] |
| XXI. | False Pretenses | [ 230] |
| XXII. | The Poniard Again | [ 242] |
| XXIII. | Fortune Frowns | [ 254] |
| XXIV. | The Dragon’s Den | [ 267] |
| XXV. | In the Shadow | [ 275] |
| XXVI. | “Courage” | [ 287] |
| XXVII. | The Path of Honor | [ 296] |
| XXVIII. | The Guerdon | [ 307] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| I was astonished to see that her face was scarlet,and that she was staring at me with startled eyes | [ Frontispiece] |
| A sheet of livid flame leaped upward toward us, andthe tower swayed | [ 162] |
| As I looked back I saw a mob of men clamberingsavagely over the rocks below | [ 180] |
| I strode to the door and flung it wide | [ 266] |