Chapter XLVI

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS With a gesture between contempt and impatience the duke removed his hat. Frontispiece.

She looked directly at me.

In an instant I was on the other side of the fence.

Stole down the stairs and into the garden.

My companion seized my wrist.

The constable led me out of the crowd.

"When my back is turned go through that window."

He wore a dingy morning-gown and had laid aside his wig.

"Damn your King William, and you too!" he cried.

He pressed the ring of cold steel.

In the great chair sat an elderly lady leaning on an ebony stick.

I heard a light foot following me.

With a gesture between contempt and impatience the duke removed his hat.

I flung my arms round him from behind, and with my right hand jerked up the pistol.

A slight gentleman ambled and paced in front of a child.

"Now we will have that letter, if you please."

I saw a man had come to a stand before the door.

The place was nothing more than a concealed cupboard.

And turning from me, he began to pace the room, his hands clasped behind him.

She came a step nearer to me, and peered at me.

Sir John ... stared at me a moment.

She listened in silence, standing over me with something of the severity of a judge.

He shut himself in with his trouble.

I stood there at last ... the faces at the table all turned towards me.

She was making marks on the turf with a stick.

STARVECROW FARM By Stanley J. Weyman ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Across the Quicksands. II. A Red Waistcoat. III. A Wedding Morning. IV. Two to One. V. A Jezebel. VI. The Inquiry. VII. Captain Anthony Clyne. VIII. Starvecrow Farm. IX. Punishment. X. Henrietta in Naxos. XI. Captain Clyne's Plan. XII. The Old Love. XIII. A Jealous Woman. XIV. The Letter. XV. The Answer. XVI. A Night Adventure. XVII. The Edge of the Storm. XVIII. Mr. Joseph Nadin. XIX. At the Farm. XX. Proof Positive. XXI. Cousin Meets Cousin. XXII. Mr. Sutton's New Rôle. XXIII. In Kendal Gaol. XXIV. The Rôle Continued. XXV. Prison Experiences. XXVI. A Reconciliation. XXVII. Bishop Caught Napping. XXVIII. The Golden Ship. XXIX. The Dark Maid. XXX. Bess's Triumph. XXXI. A Strange Bedroom. XXXII. The Search. XXXIII. The Smugglers' Oven. XXXIV. In Tyson's Kitchen. XXXV. Through The Wood. XXXVI. Two of a Race. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS They paid off the Guide under the walls of the old Priory Church at Cartmel.

"I give you a last chance," he said.

He neither cared nor saw who it was whom he had jostled.

The face was Stewart's!

... he touched his brow with his whip handle.

... every head was uncovered as Clyne . . . rode to the door.

In ten minutes the road twinkled with lights.

She was leaning against the side of the window.

SOPHIA By Stanley J. Weyman ILLUSTRATED CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A Little Toad. II. At Vauxhall. III. The Clock-maker. IV. A Discovery. V. The World Well Lost. VI. A Chair and a Coach. VII. In Davies Street. VIII. Unmasked. IX. In Clarges Row. X. Sir Hervey Takes the Field. XI. The Tug of War. XII. Don Quixote. XIII. The Welcome Home. XIV. The First Stage. XV. A Squire of Dames. XVI. The Paved Ford. XVII. In the Valley. XVIII. King Smallpox. XIX. Lady Betty's Fate. XX. A Friend In Need. XXI. The Strolling Players. XXII. 'Tis Go or Swim. XXIII. Two Portraits. XXIV. Who Plays, Pays. XXV. Repentance at Leisure. XXVI. A Dragon Disarmed. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 'One Minute!' she cried.

'Sir!' Sophia cried, her cheeks burning.

Grocott ... stole forward, and ... leant over the flushed features of the unconscious lad.

'This must be--must be stopped at once!'

'Oh, la! I don't want to stay!' Mrs. Martha cried.

'He cannot!'

'About the two guineas--you stole this morning.'

He stood, grinning in his finery, unable to say a word.

Lady Betty wasted no time on words. She was already in the water and wading across.

'Why, Betty,' Sophia cried in astonishment, 'What is it?'

'Do you sit, and I'll make you a posy.'

Her hair ... hung undressed on her neck. He touched it gently. It was the first caress he had ever given her.

WHEN LOVE CALLS By Stanley J. Weyman CONTENTS When Love Calls

I. Her Story

II. His Story

A Strange Invitation

The Invisible Portraits

Along the Garonne

THE NEW RECTOR By Stanley J. Weyman CONTENTS CHAPTER I. "LE ROI EST MORT!" II. "VIVE LE ROI!" III. AN AWKWARD MEETING. IV. BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS. V. "REGINALD LINDO, 1850." VI. THE BONAMYS AT HOME. VII. THE HAMMONDS' DINNER PARTY. VIII. TWO SURPRISES. IX. TOWN TALK. X. OUT WITH THE SHEEP. XI. THE DOCTOR SPEAKS. XII. THE RECTOR IS UNGRATEFUL. XIII. LAURA'S PROVISO. XIV. THE LETTERS IN THE CUPBOARD. XV. THE BAZAAR. XVI. "LORD DYNMORE IS HERE." XVII. THE LAWYER AT HOME. XVIII. A FRIEND IN NEED. XIX. THE DAY AFTER. XX. A SUDDEN CALL. XXI. IN PROFUNDIS. XXII. THE RECTOR'S DECISION. XXIII. THE CURATE HEARS THE NEWS. XXIV. THE CUP AT THE LIP. XXV. HUMBLE PIE. XXVI. LOOSE ENDS.

THE KING'S STRATAGEM AND OTHER STORIES By Stanley J. Weyman CONTENTS. The King's Stratagem,

The Body-birds Of Court,,

In Cupid's Toils,,

The Drift Of Fate,,

A Blore Manor Episode,,

The Fatal Letter,

THE GREAT HOUSE By Stanley J. Weyman CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Hôtel Lambert--Upstairs. II. The Hôtel Lambert--Downstairs. III. The Lawyer Abroad. IV. Homeward Bound. V. The London Packet. VI. Field and Forge. VII. Mr. John Audley. VIII. The Gatehouse. IX. Old Things. X. New Things. XI. Tact and Temper. XII. The Yew Walk. XIII. Peter Pauper. XIV. The Manchester Men. XV. Strange Bedfellows. XVI. The Great House at Beaudelays. XVII. To the Rescue. XVIII. Masks and Faces. XIX. The Corn Law Crisis. XX. Peter's Return. XXI. Toft at the Butterflies. XXII. My Lord Speaks. XXIII. Blore Under Weaver. XXIV. An Agent of the Old School. XXV. Mary is Lonely. XXVI. Missing. XXVII. A Footstep in the Hall. XXVIII. The News from Riddsley. XXIX. The Audley Bible. XXX. A Friend in Need. XXXI. Ben Bosham. XXXII. Mary Makes a Discovery. XXXIII. The Meeting at the Maypole. XXXIV. By the Canal. XXXV. My Lord Speaks Out. XXXVI. The Riddsley Election. XXXVII. A Turn of the Wheel. XXXVIII. Toft's Little Surprise. XXXIX. The Deed of Renunciation. XL. "Let Us Make Others Thankful."

THE MAN IN BLACK By Stanley J. Weyman CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Fair at Fécamp. II. Solomon Nôtredame. III. Man and Wife. IV. The House with Two Doors. V. The Upper Portal. VI. The Powder of Attraction. VII. Clytæmnestra. VIII. The Mark of Cain. IX. Before the Court. X. Two Witnesses. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "'If you want me to draw her horoscope,' the astrologer replied." Frontispiece

"The showman was counting his gains into his pouch."

"Jehan went trembling and found the hole."

"The astrologer rose slowly from his seat."

"Jehan leapt back with a shriek of pain."

"For a second the man in black stood breathless."

"'Madame! Madame de Vidoche, if you please!'"

"He watched her every motion."

"In a moment he was down, writhing on the floor."

"'Who stole him? Where has he been?'"

"They were carrying him."

"A man, half-naked, ... crawled on to the highroad."

THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE By Stanley J. Weyman ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. "Hé, Sire Ane, Hé," II. In the Bishop's Room, III. "Down with Purveyors!" IV. Two Sisters of Mercy, V. Mistress Bertram, VI. Master Clarence, VII. On Board the "Framlingham," VIII. A House of Peace, IX. Playing with Fire, X. The Face in the Porch, XI. A Foul Blow, XII. Anne's Petition, XIII. A Willful Man's Way, XIV. At Bay in the Gatehouse, XV. Before the Court, XVI. In the Duke's Name, XVII. A Letter that had Many Escapes, XVIII. The Witch's Warning XIX. Ferdinand Cludde, XX. The Coming Queen, XXI. My Father, XXII. Sir Anthony's Purpose, XXIII. The Last Mass, XXIV. Awaiting the Blow, XXV. In Harbor at Last,

THE RED COCKADE By Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Marquis de St. Alais. II. The Ordeal. III. In the Assembly. IV. L'ami du Peuple. V. The Deputation. VI. A Meeting in the Road. VII. The Alarm. VIII. Gargouf. IX. The Tricolour. X. The Morning after the Storm. XI. The Two Camps. XII. The Duel. XIII. A la Lanterne. XIV. It Goes Ill. XV. At Milhau. XVI. Three in a Carriage. XVII. Froment of Nîmes. XVIII. A Poor Figure. XIX. At Nîmes XX. The Search. XXI. Rivals. XXII. Noblesse Oblige. XXIII. The Crisis. XXIV. The Millennium. XXV. Beyond the Shadow.