Cerise
A Tale of the Last Century

By
G. J. Whyte-Melville
Author of “Market Harborough,” “Katerfelto,”
“Satanella,” etc., etc.

Illustrated
by
G. P. Jacomb-Hood

London
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
New York and Melbourne.

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.The Daisy-Chain[9]
II.The Montmirails[17]
III.Monsieur l’Abbé[25]
IV.Tantara![34]
V.The Usher of the Black Rod[44]
VI.A Jesuit’s Task[51]
VII.St. Mark’s Balsam[59]
VIII.The Grey Musketeers[68]
IX.Eugène Beaudésir[76]
X.The Boudoir of Madame[86]
XI.What the Serpent Said[94]
XII.Out-manœuvred[105]
XIII.The Mother of Satan[113]
XIV.The Débonnaire[122]
XV.The Masked Ball[132]
XVI.Raising the Devil[144]
XVII.A Quiet Supper[151]
XVIII.Baiting the Trap[160]
XIX.Mater Pulchrâ, Filia Pulchrior[167]
XX.A General Rendezvous[177]
XXI.The Fox and Fiddle[185]
XXII.Three Strands of a Yarn[193]
XXIII.The Parlour-Lodger[202]
XXIV.A Volunteer[210]
XXV.Three Pressed Men[218]
XXVI.“Yo-heave-yo!”[227]
XXVII.‘The Bashful Maid’[235]
XXVIII.Dirty Weather[244]
XXIX.Port Welcome[250]
XXX.Montmirail West[259]
XXXI.Black, but Comely[272]
XXXII.A Wise Child[277]
XXXIII.Jack Aground[286]
XXXIV.Jack Afloat[294]
XXXV.Besieged[301]
XXXVI.At Bay[309]
XXXVII.Just in Time[317]
XXXVIII.Mère avant tout[326]
XXXIX.All Adrift[335]
XL.Homeward Bound[341]
XLI.Lady Hamilton[351]
XLII.The Desire of the Moth[360]
XLIII.For the Star[370]
XLIV.“Box it About”[379]
XLV.The Little Rift[389]
XLVI.The Music Mute[399]
XLVII.The “Hamilton Arms”[408]
XLVIII.Pressure[419]
XLIX.Poor Emerald[429]
L.Captain Bold[441]
LI.Sir Marmaduke[448]
LII.The Bowl on the Bias[458]
LIII.Fair Fighting[466]
LIV.Friends in Need[475]
LV.Forewarned[486]
LVI.Forearmed[494]
LVII.An Addled Egg[503]
LVIII.Horns and Hoofs[511]
LIX.A Substitute[518]
LX.Solace[529]