Chapter I: Front Matter

My Lady Clancarty

_Mary Imlay Taylor’s Novels_

ON THE RED STAIRCASE.
AN IMPERIAL LOVER.
A YANKEE VOLUNTEER.
THE HOUSE OF THE WIZARD.
THE CARDINAL’S MUSKETEER.
THE COBBLER OF NÎMES.
ANNE SCARLETT.
LITTLE MISTRESS GOOD HOPE AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES.
THE REBELLION OF THE PRINCESS.
MY LADY CLANCARTY.

My Lady Clancarty

BEING THE
TRUE STORY OF THE EARL OF CLANCARTY
AND LADY ELIZABETH SPENCER

BY

MARY IMLAY TAYLOR

Author of “On the Red Staircase,” “The Cobbler of Nîmes,”
“The Rebellion of the Princess,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
ALICE BARBER STEPHENS

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

_Copyright, 1905_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

Printers
S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

TO MY MOST CONSTANT READER,

MY MOTHER

_CONTENTS_

CHAPTER PAGE

I. “ROSEEN DHU” 1

II. BROTHER AND SISTER 11

III. LADY BETTY AND HER FATHER 18

IV. IN THE WOODS OF ALTHORPE 27

V. LADY SUNDERLAND 42

VI. LADY BETTY’S TOILET 52

VII. AT THE RACES 61

VIII. LADY BETTY AND AN IRISH JACOBITE 72

IX. THE WEARING OF THE GREEN 81

X. AN IRISH DEFIANCE 89

XI. A NIGHT OF PORTENTS 104

XII. MASTER AND MAN 110

XIII. LADY BETTY TAKES THE FIELD 120

XIV. THE INN GARDEN 129

XV. MY LADY SUNDERLAND TAKES TEA 139

XVI. MY LORD CLANCARTY 147

XVII. AT THE TOY-SHOP 157

XVIII. THE DUEL 165

XIX. MY LORD SAVILE REAPS HIS REWARD 170

XX. LADY BETTY’S SEARCH 180

XXI. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW 186

XXII. “UNTIL DEATH US DO PART” 196

XXIII. MY LORD SPENCER 211

XXIV. MELISSA 221

XXV. MR. SECRETARY VERNON 229

XXVI. THE ARREST 235

XXVII. THE TRAITOR’S GATE 245

XXVIII. ALICE AND DENIS 256

XXIX. FATHER AND DAUGHTER 260

XXX. MY LORD OF DEVONSHIRE 268

XXXI. LADY RUSSELL 276

XXXII. THE KING 284

XXXIII. DONOUGH! 293

_MY LADY CLANCARTY_

_Being the True Story of the Earl of Clancarty
and Lady Elizabeth Spencer_