Chapter I: Front Matter

ARMOREL OF LYONESSE

A Romance of To-day

BY

WALTER BESANT

AUTHOR OF 'ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN'

A NEW EDITION

_WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED. BARNARD_

London

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

1891

_The Illustrations to this Story are reproduced by kind permission of the Proprietors of 'The Illustrated London News'_

CONTENTS

_PART I._

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CHILD OF SAMSON 1

II. PRESENTED BY THE SEA 11

III. IN THE BAR PARLOUR 17

IV. THE GOLDEN TORQUE 23

V. THE ENCHANTED ISLAND 35

VI. THE FLOWER-FARM 45

VII. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 56

VIII. THE VOYAGERS 62

IX. THE LAST DAY BUT ONE 69

X. MR. FLETCHER RETURNS FOR HIS BAG 80

XI. ROLAND'S LETTER 86

XII. THE CHANGE 91

XIII. ARMOREL'S INHERITANCE 95

_PART II._

I. SWEET COZ 115

II. THE SONATA 122

III. THE CLEVEREST MAN IN LONDON 127

IV. MASTER OF ALL THE ARTS 134

V. ONLY A SIMPLE SERVICE 139

VI. THE OTHER STUDIO 148

VII. A CANDID OPINION 153

VIII. ALL ABOUT MYSELF 160

IX. TO MAKE HIM HAPPY 166

X. THE SECRET OF THE TWO PICTURES 173

XI. A CRITIC ON TRUTH 178

XII. TO MAKE THAT PROMISE SURE 186

XIII. THE DRAMATIST 192

XIV. AN HONOURABLE PROPOSAL 198

XV. NOT TWO MEN, BUT ONE 201

XVI. THE PLAY AND THE COMEDY 205

XVII. THE NATIONAL GALLERY 217

XVIII. CONGRATULATIONS 223

XIX. WHAT NEXT? 229

XX. A RECOVERY AND A FLIGHT 235

XXI. ALL LOST BUT---- 242

XXII. THE END OF WORLDLY TROUBLES 254

XXIII. THE HOUR OF TRIUMPH 264

XXIV. THE CUP AND THE LIP 267

XXV. TO FORGET IT ALL 280

XXVI. NOT THE HEIR, AFTER ALL 288

XXVII. THE DESERT ISLAND 292

XXVIII. AT HOME 299

XXIX. THE TRESPASS OFFERING 306

ARMOREL OF LYONESSE

_PART I_