TO MY FRIEND
J. G. J. PENDEREL-BRODHURST
I INSCRIBE THIS ROMANCE
CONTENTS | |
| CHAPTER | |
| [I.] | THE BRAVO |
| [II.] | THE WRONG THAT WAS DONE |
| [III.] | ONE SUMMER NIGHT |
| [IV.] | WHAT HAVE I STUMBLED ON? |
| [V.] | "HIS NAME IS--WHAT?" |
| [VI.] | THE VICOMTE DE BOIS-VALLÉE |
| [VII.] | THE HONOUR OF THE HOUSE |
| [VIII.] | THE FIRST MEETING |
| [IX.] | THE FURY OF DESPAIR |
| [X.] | "THE LITTLE WOOD AT ENTZHEIM" |
| [XI.] | INNOCENT |
| [XII.] | A LIKENESS AND A CLUE |
| [XIII.] | TO REMIREMONT |
| [XIV.] | ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS |
| [XV.] | "HE IS MINE. MUST BE MINE NOW" |
| [XVI.] | THE HOUSE OF THE ENEMY |
| [XVII.] | "A WOMAN IS THERE" |
| [XVIII.] | THE SLEEPERS |
| [XIX.] | WHERE IS DE BOIS-VALLÉE? |
| [XX.] | ACROSS THE CHASM |
| [XXI.] | IN THE ENEMY'S HOUSE |
| [XXII.] | MARION WYATT |
| [XXIII.] | L'ÉSPÉE CARNACIERE |
| [XXIV.] | THE WEIRD WOMAN |
| [XXV.] | THE UNEXPECTED |
| [XXVI.] | A TRAPPED WOLF |
| [XXVII.] | NEARER AND NEARER |
| [XXVIII.] | ESCAPE |
| [XXIX.] | THE LAST CHANCE |
| [XXX.] | FREE |
| [XXXI.] | THE STORY OF MARION WYATT |
| [XXXII.] | MORE LIGHT |
| [XXXIII.] | THE LAST MEETING |
| [XXXIV.] | ADIEU |
THE CLASH OF ARMS
[CHAPTER I.]
THE BRAVO
"If," said the sick man, a little complainingly, perhaps a little peevishly, "he comes not soon, he is as like as not to see me in my coffin. Yet," he added a moment later, "he was ever used to keep his word. With all his faults he always did that. Prided himself on it, indeed, almost as much as on the broils and fights and troubles he was always in."
"If," said the other person in the room, "he said he would come, he will come. Andrew Vause ever kept his promise."
"What did he tell the messenger who found him when he rode to London?--in a tavern, be sure! Tell me again the message he sent."