Chapter I: Front Matter

THE IRON PINCERS

THE FULL SERIES OF

The Mysteries of the People

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History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages

By EUGENE SUE

_Consisting of the Following Works:_

THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_.

THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_.

THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustina and Syomara_.

THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_.

THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_.

THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeucq and Ronan_.

THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles_.

THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_.

THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne_.

THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_.

THE INFANTS SKULL; or, _The End of the World_.

THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_.

THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_.

THE IRON TREVET; or, _Jocelyn the Champion_.

THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc_.

THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_.

THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_.

THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_.

THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_.

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THE IRON PINCERS

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MYLIO AND KARVEL

A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades

By EUGENE SUE

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH

By DANIEL DE LEON

NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY. 1909

Copyright, 1909, by the NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO.

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PART I. THE COURT OF LOVE.

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER

I. THE ORCHARD OF MARPHISE 5

II. GOOSE-SKIN THE JUGGLER 20

III. FLORETTE 35

IV. THE GARDEN OF EGLANTINE 45

V. THE CRUSADERS 62

VI. ON TO LANGUEDOC 80

PART II. THE ALBIGENSIAN HERETICS.

I. THE PERFECT'S HOME 87

II. GIRAUDE OF LAVAUR 93

III. THE SHADOW OF WAR 99

IV. ROBIN LOVES ME, ROBIN HAS ME 109

V. SONG ON THE CRUSADE AGAINST THE ALBIGENSIANS 122

VI. SONG ON THE BUTCHERY OF CHASSENEUIL 125

VII. SONG ON THE BUTCHERY OF BEZIERS 128

VIII. SONG ON THE BURNING OF CARCASSONNE 132

IX. THE HERETICS' WAR SONG 141

X. BEFORE THE CASTLE OF LAVAUR 144

XI. MONTFORT AND THE PERFECT 150

XII. GOOSE-SKIN'S CONVERSION 165

XIII. THE ESPLANADE AT LAVAUR 176