Chapter I: Front Matter

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BY
J. C. SNAITH
AUTHOR OF “ARAMINTA,” “BROKE OF COVENDEN,” ETC.

NEW YORK
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
1910

Copyright, 1910, by
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
New York

_All rights reserved_

Published April, 1910

THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OF MY JOURNEY TO THE PLAIN 3

II. OF AN INN. OF A MAN FROM FOREIGN PARTS 12

III. OF THE EATING OF MEAT 25

IV. OF FURTHER PASSAGES AT THE INN 33

V. I HEAR OF THE PRINCESS 41

VI. OF A PRIVATE BRAWL. I TAKE PROFIT AT THE COST OF
REPUTATION 54

VII. OF THE DISABILITIES THAT ATTEND ON GENTLE BIRTH 64

VIII. OF A GREAT CALAMITY 78

IX. OF OUR ROAD TO THE SOUTH 92

X. OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE
UPON THE HILL 101

XI. OF A GRIEVOUS HAP 116

XII. OF ADVERSITY. OF A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE OF A FAIR
STRANGER 125

XIII. OF OUR ENTRANCE INTO A NEW SERVICE 136

XIV. OF THE JOURNEYING BACK TO THE HOUSE OF MY REJECTION 144

XV. OF SOME FROWARD PASSAGES BEFORE THE DUKE 159

XVI. OF THE GRIEVOUS MISHANDLING OF HIS LORDSHIP’S GRACE 171

XVII. OF OUR ATTENDANCE IN COUNCIL UPON A GREAT MATTER 187

XVIII. OF THE AMBASSADOR OF THE RUDE CASTILIAN PRINCE 194

XIX. OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE 204

XX. OF OUR ROAD TO PARIS 213

XXI. OF OUR FIRST PASSAGES WITH THE CASTILIAN 221

XXII. WE ARE HARD BESET 226

XXIII. OF THE COUNT OF NULLEPART’S EXTREMITY 232

XXIV. OF SIR RICHARD PENDRAGON’S PASSAGES WITH THE GENTLEMEN
OF THE KING’S GUARD 250

XXV. OF SIR RICHARD PENDRAGON’S DUELLO WITH THE GALLANT
FRENCHMAN 255

XXVI. OF OUR APPEARANCE AT THE LOUVRE BEFORE KING LOUIS 263

XXVII. OF OUR AUDIENCE OF THE MOST CHRISTIAN KING 275

XXVIII. OF FURTHER PASSAGES IN THE LOUVRE AT PARIS 281

XXIX. SIR RICHARD PENDRAGON’S STRATEGY 291

XXX. OF OUR ADVENTURES AMONG THE CASTILIAN HOST 301

XXXI. OF AN ASTOUNDING EPISODE 307

XXXII. OF THE UNHAPPY SITUATION OF A GREAT PRINCE 313

XXXIII. A SORTIE FROM THE CASTLE 326

XXXIV. OF MADAM’S RENCOUNTER WITH THE FROWARD PRINCE 330

XXXV. OF SIR RICHARD PENDRAGON’S RETURN 338

XXXVI. OF SOLPESIUS MUS, THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE JOGALONES 344

XXXVII. OF THE RIGOURS TO BE SUFFERED BY THE INFAMOUS KING 349

XXXVIII. THE LAST 357

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