Chapter XLV: The End

PETTICOAT RULE

BY BARONESS ORCZY 1909 CONTENTS PART I THE GIRL CHAPTER PAGE I. —A Farewell Banquet 3 II. —The Rulers of France 10 III. —Pompadour's Choice 23 IV. —A Woman's Surrender 32 V. —The First Trick 45 VI. —A False Position 51 VII. —The Young Pretender 58 VIII. —The Last Trick 72 IX. —The Winning Hand 82 PART II THE STATESMAN X. —The Beggar on Horseback 95 XI. —La Belle Irène 103 XII. —The Promises of France 112 XIII. —The Weight of Etiquette 127 XIV. —Royal Favours 136 XV. —Diplomacy 148 XVI. —Strangers 160 PART III THE WOMAN XVII. —Splendid Isolation 179 XVIII. —Clever Tactics 185 XIX. —A Crisis 201 XX. —A Farewell 212 XXI. —Royal Thanks 215 XXII. —Paternal Anxiety 221 XXIII. —The Queen's Soirée 228 XXIV. —Gossip 233 XXV. —The First Doubt 238 XXVI. —The Awful Certitude 245 XXVII. —A Fall 267 XXVIII. —Husband and Wife 276 XXIX. —The Fate of the Stuart Prince 294 XXX. —M. de Stainville's Seconds 308 XXXI. —The Final Disappointment 321 XXXII. —The Dawn 328 XXXIII. —The Ride 333 XXXIV. —"Le Monarque" 338 XXXV. —The Stranger 349 XXXVI. —Revenge 359 XXXVII. —The Letter 370 XXXVIII. —The Home in England 375

LORD TONY'S WIFE

AN ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL BY BARONESS ORCZY

[vii] CONTENTS PAGE Prologue: Nantes, 1789 11 BOOK ONE: BATH, 1793

CHAPTER I. The Moor 43 II. The Bottom Inn 50 III. The Assembly Rooms 78 IV. The Father 100 V. The Nest 109 VI. The Scarlet Pimpernel 123 VII. Marguerite 130 VIII. The Road to Portishead 134 IX. The Coast of France 147

BOOK TWO: NANTES, DECEMBER, 1793

I. The Tiger's Lair 163 II. Le Bouffay 195 III. The Fowlers 212 IV. The Net 234 V. The Message of Hope 256 VI. The Rat Mort 267 VII. The Fracas in the Tavern 279 VIII. The English Adventurers 299 IX. The Proconsul 313 X. Lord Tony 327

THE TANGLED SKEIN

BY THE BARONESS ORCZY 1907 CONTENTS PART I MIRRAB—THE WITCH CHAP. PAGE I. East Molesey Fair 11 II. The Witch's Tent 17 III. Mischief Brewing 23 IV. Friends and Enemies 28 V. Ladies and Gallants 33 VI. The Lady Ursula 41 VII. His Grace of Wessex 46 VIII. Silken Bonds 52 IX. The Veiled Witch 59 PART II THE LADY URSULA X. A Bevy of Fair Maidens 73 XI. The Fairest of Them All 80 XII. Intrigues 88 XIII. His Eminence 93 XIV. The Destinies of Europe 99 XV. The Hand of Fate 103 XVI. The Ultimatum 114 XVII. An Armed Truce 120 XVIII. The Veiled Witch 127 PART III A GAME OF CHESS XIX. The Pawns 139 XX. Departure 153 XXI. The Black Knight 159 XXII. The White Queen 168 XXIII. Check to the Queen 177 XXIV. Check to the King 187 XXV. The Cardinal's Move 192 XXVI. The Provocation 198 XXVII. The Fight 204 XXVIII. The Sequel of the Comedy 210 XXIX. Check-Mate 217 PART IV HIS GRACE OF WESSEX XXX. Thoughts 225 XXXI. Marye, the Queene 229 XXXII. A Bargain 243 XXXIII. In the Lord Chancellor's Court 252 XXXIV. Westminster Hall 269 XXXV. The Trial 279 XXXVI. Afterwards 294 XXXVII. The Cardinal's Puppets 300 XXXVIII. The Last Farewell 306 XXXIX. A Forlorn Hope 314 XL. Poor Mirrab 318 XLI. The End 331

BEAU BROCADE A ROMANCE BY THEBARONESS ORCZY 1912

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