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THE WOLF-LEADER

NEWLY TRANSLATED BY A L F R E D A L L I N S O N

NEVER BEFORE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH

WITH THREE COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANK ADAMS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE An immense Wolf entered the Room, walking on its hind Legs Frontispiece A young Girl suddenly emerged from the Underwood 23 The Baron's Horse Shied, throwing the Rider over its Head 80 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Introduction.—Who Mocquet was, and how this Tale became known to the Narrator 1 I. —The Grand Master of His Highness' Wolf Hounds 12 II. —The Seigneur Jean and the Sabot Maker 16 III. —Agnelette 22 IV. —The Black Wolf 27 V. —The Pact with Satan 31 VI. —The Bedevilled Hair 35 VII. —The Boy at the Mill 40 VIII. —Thibault's Wishes 44 IX. —The Wolf-Leader 47 X. —Maître Magloire 51 XI. —David and Goliath 55 XII. —Wolves in the Sheep-fold 60 XIII. —Where it is demonstrated that a Woman never speaks more eloquently than when she holds her Tongue 67 XIV. —A Village Wedding 72 XV. —The Lord of Vauparfond 76 XVI. —My Lady's Lady 80 XVII. —The Baron de Mont-Gobert 84 XVIII. —Death and Resurrection 88 XIX. —The Dead and the Living 90 XX. —True to Tryst 94 XXI. —The Genius of Evil 99 XXII. —Thibault's Last Wish 105 XXIII. —The Anniversary 108 XXIV. —Hunting down the Were-Wolf 111