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ROBERT DRUMMOND, PRINTER, NEW YORK.

TO

HUGH STOWELL SCOTT,

IN REMEMBRANCE OF LONG SUMMER DAYS SPENT WITH HIM
AMID THE SCENES WHICH SUGGESTED IT,
THIS STORY IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY HIS FRIEND.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.
[ INTRODUCTION--A King in Council.]
I.[Villeneuve-l'Abbesse.]
II.[The Tower Chamber.]
III.[Still Waters Troubled.]
IV.[The Dilemma.]
V.[The Captain of Vlaye.]
VI.[In the Hay-field.]
VII.[A Soldiers' Frolic.]
VIII.[Father Angel.]
IX.[Speedy Justice.]
X.[Midnight Alarms.]
XI.[The Chapel by the Ford.]
XII.[The Peasants' Camp.]
XIII.[Hostages.]
XIV.[Saint and Sinner.]
XV.[Fears.]
XVI.[To Do or Not to Do?]
XVII.[The Heart of Cain.]
XVIII.[Two in the Mill.]
XIX.[The Captain of Vlaye's Condition.]
XX.[The Abbess Moves.]
XXI.[The Castle Of Vlaye.]
XXII.[A Night by the River.]
XXIII.[The Bride's Dot.]
XXIV.[Fors l'Amour.]
XXV.[His Last Ride.]

THE ABBESS OF VLAYE.

[INTRODUCTION.]