Chapter I: Front Matter

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FRANCEZKA

by
MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Author of
The Sprightly Romance of Marsac, The
History of the Lady Betty Stair, etc.

Illustrated by
HARRISON FISHER

New York
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers

Copyright 1902
The Bowen-Merrill Company
October

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I In the Heart of Paris 1
II The Little Actress 17
III The Rescue 30
IV In Beauty's Quarrel 40
V The Elder Brother 49
VI On the Balcony 62
VII An Ugly Duchess 72
VIII Our City of Refuge 86
IX A Crimson Mantle 98
X A Pilgrim and a Wayfarer 110
XI A Lost Cause 132
XII Only the Sunny Hours 142
XIII His Grace and Peggy 157
XIV The Drenched Hen 173
XV The Lost Sheep 187
XVI The Setting of a Star 200
XVII An Impatient Lover 216
XVIII A Vindictive Rogue 229
XIX The Happiest Man Alive 242
XX Forging the Chain 253
XXI The Service of a Friend 270
XXII Her Best Beloved 282
XXIII A Loving Quest 297
XXIV Confident To-morrows 307
XXV A Discomfited Bishop 319
XXVI Come and Rejoice 335
XXVII A Royal Recompense 350
XXVIII A Campaign of Pleasure 368
XXIX As Having No Past 383
XXX The Boar Hunt 395
XXXI The Bitterness of Doubt 410
XXXII In Snuff-Colored Clothes 423
XXXIII A Devil's Imp 433
XXXIV A Garret in Prague 448
XXXV Would You Leave Me Now 458