Fair Margaret

by H. Rider Haggard

Author of “King Solomon’s Mines,” “She,” “Jess,” etc.

WITH 15 ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. R. SKELTON

London: HUTCHINSON & CO.
Paternoster Row
1907

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I. HOW PETER MET THE SPANIARD.]
[CHAPTER II. JOHN CASTELL.]
[CHAPTER III. PETER GATHERS VIOLETS.]
[CHAPTER IV. LOVERS DEAR.]
[CHAPTER V. CASTELL’S SECRET.]
[CHAPTER VI. FAREWELL.]
[CHAPTER VII. NEWS FROM SPAIN.]
[CHAPTER VIII. D’AGUILAR SPEAKS.]
[CHAPTER IX. THE SNARE.]
[CHAPTER X. THE CHASE.]
[CHAPTER XI. THE MEETING ON THE SEA.]
[CHAPTER XII. FATHER HENRIQUES.]
[CHAPTER XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE INN.]
[CHAPTER XIV. INEZ AND HER GARDEN.]
[CHAPTER XV. PETER PLAYS A PART.]
[CHAPTER XVI. BETTY SHOWS HER TEETH.]
[CHAPTER XVII. THE PLOT.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. THE HOLY HERMANDAD.]
[CHAPTER XIX. BETTY PAYS HER DEBTS.]
[CHAPTER XX. ISABELLA OF SPAIN.]
[CHAPTER XXI. BETTY STATES HER CASE.]
[CHAPTER XXII. THE DOOM OF JOHN CASTELL.]
[CHAPTER XXIII. FATHER HENRIQUES AND THE BAKER’S OVEN.]
[CHAPTER XXIV. THE FALCON STOOPS.]
[CHAPTER XXV. HOW THE MARGARET WON OUT TO SEA.]
[ENVOI.]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[“A DOVE, COMRADES!—A DOVE!”]
[CASTELL DECLARES HIMSELF A JEW]
[“YOU MEAN THAT YOU WISH TO MURDER ME”]
[MARGARET APPEARED DESCENDING THE BROAD OAK STAIRS]
[IN ANOTHER MOMENT THAT STEEL WOULD HAVE PIERCED HIS HEART]
[THE GALE CAUGHT HIM AND BLEW HIM TO AND FRO]
[“LADY,” HE SAID, “THIS IS NO DEED OF MINE”]
[A CRUEL-LOOKING KNIFE AND A NAKED ARM PROJECTED THROUGH THE PANELLING]
[“MY NAME IS INEZ. YOU WANDER STILL, SEÑOR”]
[“THERE ARE OTHERS WHERE THEY CAME FROM”]
[“TO-DAY I DARE TO HOPE THAT IT MAY BE OTHERWISE”]
[A MAGNIFICENTLY ATTIRED LADY OF MIDDLE AGE]
[“WAY! MAKE WAY FOR THE MARCHIONESS OF MORELLA!”]
[“WE ARE PLAYERS IN A STRANGE GAME, MY LADY MARGARET”]
[“YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT ME FIRST, PETER”]