ILLUSTRATIONS
| At the Old Green Mill-Inn | [Frontispiece] |
| Page | |
| Marie Josephine | [2] |
| Flambeau | [16] |
| Lisle | [28] |
| Jean | [40] |
| Le Pont | [62] |
| Humphrey Trail | [74] |
| Cécile | [82] |
| Bertran | [98] |
| Pince Nez | [118] |
| Grigge | [126] |
| Dian | [150] |
| Vivi | [194] |
RED CAPS AND LILIES
Chapter I
IN THE SCHOOLROOM
“Flambeau!”
The sound was illusive. Flambeau listened with every bit of him, his taut, strong body alert with eagerness. The call might have come from the landing outside the small salon of Madame la Comtesse, but it had sounded higher up; the schoolroom, perhaps, or the nurseries beyond. Flambeau gained the top of a high staircase with a few leaping bounds, ran down a corridor, turned a corner, and almost knocked down his own Marie Josephine, who had been calling him. He leaped upon her in welcome.
“I’ve been out on the balcony, Flambeau. I called you from there, for I thought you might be in the garden.”
A voice from a half-open door near them called sharply, “Marie Josephine, come in and close the door.”