The Seats of the Mighty, Complete

by Gilbert Parker

THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY

BEING THE MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ROBERT MORAY, SOMETIME AN OFFICER IN THE VIRGINIA REGIMENT, AND AFTERWARDS OF AMHERST’S REGIMENT

By Gilbert Parker

To the Memory of Madge Henley.

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CONTENTS

[ INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPERIAL EDITION ]
[ I. ] AN ESCORT TO THE CITADEL
[ II. ] THE MASTER OF THE KING’S MAGAZINE
[ III. ] THE WAGER AND THE SWORD
[ IV. ] THE RAT IN THE TRAP
[ V. ] THE DEVICE OF THE DORMOUSE
[ VI. ] MORAY TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
[ VII. ] "QUOTH LITTLE GARAINE”
[ VIII. ] AS VAIN AS ABSALOM
[ IX. ] A LITTLE CONCERNING THE CHEVALIER DE LA DARANTE
[ X. ] AN OFFICER OF MARINES
[ XI. ] THE COMING OF DOLTAIRE
[ XII. ] "THE POINT ENVENOMED TOO!”
[ XIII. ] "A LITTLE BOAST”
[ XIV. ] ARGAND COURNAL.
[ XV. ] IN THE CHAMBER OF TORTURE
[ XVI. ] BE SAINT OR IMP
[ XVII. ] THROUGH THE BARS OF THE CAGE
[ XVIII. ] THE STEEP PATH OF CONQUEST
[ XIX. ] A DANSEUSE AND THE BASTILE
[ XX. ] UPON THE RAMPARTS
[ XXI. ] LA JONGLEUSE
[ XXII. ] THE LORD OF KAMARSKA
[ XXIII. ] WITH WOLFE AT MONTMORENCI.
[ XXIV. ] THE SACRED COUNTERSIGN
[ XXV. ] IN THE CATHEDRAL.
[ XXVI. ] THE SECRET OF THE TAPESTRY
[ XXVII. ] A SIDE-WIND OF REVENGE
[ XXVIII. ] "TO CHEAT THE DEVIL YET.”
[ XXIX. ] "MASTER DEVIL” DOLTAIRE
[ XXX. ] "WHERE ALL THE LOVERS CAN HIDE”
[ APPENDIX. ]

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