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THE QUEST OF GLORY

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE VIPER OF MILAN
I WILL MAINTAIN
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH
GOD AND THE KING

THE QUEST OF GLORY

BY

MARJORIE BOWEN

“LA GLOIRE NOUS DONNE SUR LES CŒURS UNE AUTORITÉ NATURELLE QUI
NOUS TOUCHE SANS DOUTE AUTANT QUE NULLE DE NOS SENSATIONS ET
NOUS ÉTOURDIT PLUS SUR NOS MISÈRES QU’UNE VAINE DISSIPATION;
ELLE EST DONC RÉELLE EN TOUS SENS.”

MARQUIS DE VAUVENARGUES

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

_First Published in 1912_

CONTENTS

PART I

THE QUEST JOYFUL

I. PRAGUE, 1742

II. THE CHAPEL OF ST. WENCESLAS

III. CAROLA KOKLINSKA

IV. CARDINAL FLEURY’S BLUNDER

V. THE RETREAT FROM PRAGUE

VI. ON THE HEIGHTS

VII. THE HOME AT AIX

VIII. CLÉMENCE DE SÉGUY

IX. THE HERETIC

X. THE MAGICIAN

XI. M. DE RICHELIEU

XII. THE DIAMOND RING

XIII. THREE LETTERS

PART II

THE QUEST SORROWFUL

I. PARIS

II. A WALLED GARDEN

III. A PAVILION AT VERSAILLES

IV. DESPAIR

V. THE PAINTER

VI. IN THE GARDEN

VII. A PICTURE

VIII. VOLTAIRE

IX. REFLECTIONS

X. IN THE LOUVRE

XI. THE FÊTE

XII. AFTERWARDS

XIII. CLÉMENCE

XIV. IN THE CONVENT

PART III

THE QUEST TRIUMPHANT

I. THE FATHER

II. RETURN TO LIFE!

III. THE BETROTHED

IV. THE CONFLICT

V. THE DEPARTURE FROM AIX

VI. THE GARRET

VII. THE ROSES OF M. MARMONTEL

VIII. THE END OF THE QUEST

EPILOGUE

THE QUEST OF GLORY