Chapter I: Front Matter

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BEATRICE BOVILLE
AND
OTHER STORIES.

BY

"OUIDA."

AUTHOR OF
"STRATHMORE," "GRANVILLE DE VIGNE," "CHANDOS,"
"IDALIA," "RANDOLPH GORDON," ETC., ETC.

Third Series.

PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
1905

CONTENTS.

BEATRICE BOVILLE.

I.--OF EARLSCOURT'S FIANCEE. 9
II.--THE FIRST SHADOW. 13
III.--HOW PRIDE SOWED AND REAPED. 23
IV.--WHERE I SAW BEATRICE BOVILLE AGAIN. 33
V.--HOW IN PERFECT INNOCENCE I PLAYED THE PART OF A RIVAL. 44
VI.--HOW PRIDE BOWED AND FELL. 51

A LINE IN THE "DAILY."

WHO DID IT, AND WHO WAS DONE BY IT. 65

HOLLY WREATHS AND ROSE CHAINS.

I.--THE COLONEL OF THE "WHITE FAVORS" AND CECIL ST. AUBYN. 109
II.--THE CANADIAN'S COLD BATH WARMS UP THE COLONEL. 119
III.--SHOWING THAT LOVE-MAKING ON HOLY GROUND DOESN'T PROSPER. 132
IV.--THE COLONEL KILLS HIS FOX, BUT LOSES HIS HEAD AFTER
OTHER GAME. 146

SILVER CHIMES AND GOLDEN FETTERS.

I.--WALDEMAR FALKENSTEIN AND VALERIE L'ESTRANGE. 161
II.--FALKENSTEIN BREAKS LANCES WITH "LONGS YEUX BLEUS." 174
III.--"SCARLET AND WHITE" MAKES A HIT, AND FALKENSTEIN FEELS
THE WEIGHT OF THE GOLDEN FETTERS. 188
IV.--THE GOLDEN FETTERS ARE SHAKEN OFF AND OTHERS ARE PUT ON. 202
V.--THE SILVER CHIMES RING IN A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 215

SLANDER AND SILLERY.

I.--THE LION OF THE CHAUSSEE D'ANTIN. 225
II.--NINA GORDON. 233
III.--LE LION AMOUREUX. 242
IV.--MISCHIEF. 252
V.--MORE MISCHIEF, AND AN END. 263

SIR GALAHAD'S RAID.

AN ADVENTURE ON THE SWEET WATERS. 285

"REDEEMED."

AN EPISODE WITH THE CONFEDERATE HORSE. 307

OUR WAGER; OR, HOW THE MAJOR LOST AND WON.

I.--INTRODUCES MAJOR TELFER OF THE 50TH DASHAWAY HUSSARS. 333
II.--VIOLET TRESSILLIAN. 339
III.--FROM WHICH IT WOULD APPEAR, THAT IT IS SOMETIMES WELL
TO BEGIN WITH A LITTLE AVERSION. 346
IV.--IN WHICH THE MAJOR PROVOKES A QUARREL IN BEHALF OF
THE FAIR TRESSILLIAN. 353
V.--THE DUEL, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 367

OUR COUNTRY QUARTERS. 379

BEATRICE BOVILLE.