Chapter IX: Book THE SIXTH: The Clause in Mr. Calverley's Will

I. OLD NOBBIS QUESTIONS LAURA.

II. THE CABINET.

III. HOW THE WILL WAS FOUND.

IV. A LETTER PROM LORD COURLAND.

V. SHOWING WHAT MRS. CALVERLEY'S DRESSING-BOX CONTAINED.

VI. POISON IN THE CUP.

VII. PANGS OP REMORSE.

VIII. HARRY NETTERVILLE AND TOM TANKARD APPEAR AT OUSELCROFT.

IX. THE ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION.

X. HOW MILDRED RECOVERED.

XI. MORE LETTERS.

XII. LORD COURLAND ARRIVES AT OUSELCROFT.

XIII. A DANCE ON THE LAWN.

XIV. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY PASSED THE NIGHT.

XV. HOW DOCTOR SPENCER WAS SENT FOR.

XVI. CHETWYND MAKES COMMUNICATION TO SIR BRIDGNORTH.

XVII, DOCTOR SPENCER.

XVIII. DOCTOR SPENCER HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH CHETWYND.

XIX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN LORD COURLAND AND MR. CARTERET.

XX. THE PARTING BETWEEN TERESA AND LORD COURLAND.

XXI. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY MADE HER WILL.

XXII. CHETWYND IS SUMMONED TO HIS SISTER'S ROOM, AND IS SENT BY HER TO TERESA.—THEIR INTERVIEW.

XXIII. SIR BRIDGNORTH PROPOSES TO LADY THICKNESSE, AND IS ACCEPTED.

XXIV. THE RACE BETWEEN ZEPHYRUS AND TOM TANKARD.

XXV. CAPTAIN DANVERS BRINGS DISTRESSING NEWS.

XXVI. TERESA'S CONFESSION.

XXVII. A MONTH LATER.

XXVIII. ALL IS SETTLED.

XXIX. CONCLUSION.

THE CONSTABLE DE BOURBON By William Ainsworth 1878

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BOOK I.—THE AFFRONT.

I. FONTAINEBLEAU.

II. FRANÇOIS I.

III. LOUISE DE SAVOIE.

IV. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THE KING AND BOURBON.

V. THE DAME DE BEAUJEU.

BOOK II.—THE FLIGHT.

I. THE SECRET TREATY.

II. HOW SAINT-VALLIER REMONSTRATED WITH THE CONSTABLE.

III. SHOWING HOW THE PLOT PROGRESSED.

IV. THE COMTE DE MAULEVRIER.

V. WHAT PASSED IN THE SICK MAN'S CHAMBER.

VI. DIANE DE POITIERS.

VII. PEROT DE WARTHY.

VIII. HOW BOURBON QUITTED THE CHATEAU DE MOULINS,

IX. CHANTELLE.

X. HOW THE BISHOP OF AUTUN AND THE COMTE DE SAINT-VALLIER WERE

XI. MARCELLINE D'HERMENT.

XII. THE CHATEAU DE LALLIÈRES.

XIII. THE MOUNTAIN HOSTELRY.

XIV. THE MILL AT SAINT-SIMPHORIEN.

XV. VIENNE

XVI. THE ROCK. IN THE RHONE.

XVII. THE INN AT SAINT-ANDRE

XVIII. SAINT-CLAUDE.

XIX. IN WHAT MANNER BOURBON ENTERED BESANÇON.

BOOK III.—THE CHEVALIER BAYARD.

I. HOW THE COMTE DE SAINT-VALLIEr's PARDON WAS OBTAINED.

II. HOW BOURBON WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OP THE IMPERIAL ARMY.

III. THE TWO ARMIES IN THE MILANESE.

IV. HOW THE DUKE DE BOURBON ENTERED MILAN.

V. THE CONTESSA DI CHIERI.

VI. HOW BOURBON ASSUMED THE COMMAND OF THE IMPERIAL ARMY.

VII. HOW BONNIVET RESOLVED TO RETREAT FROM NOVARA.

VIII. IN WHICH BAYARD RELATES HIS DREAM TO DE LORGES.

BOOK IV.—THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES.

I. MONCALIERI.

II. THE CASTLE OF MONACO.

III. HOW BOURBON WAS PROCLAIMED COMTE DE PROVENCE.

IV. SHOWING HOW MARSEILLES WAS FORTIFIED,

V. IN WHAT MANNER POMPERANT ENTERED MARSEILLES.

VI. “THE BASILISK.”

VII. THE AMAZONS.

VIII. SHOWING HOW THE BISHOP'S PALACE AND THE CHURCH OF SAINT CANNAT

IX. LES TRANCHERS DES DAMES.

X. HOW POMPERANT FURNISHED A SAFE-CONDUCT TO THE DEPUTIES TO THE KING.

XI. HOW TOULON WAS BESIEGED AND TAKEN BY THE MARQUIS DEL VASTO.

XII. AVIGNON.

XIII. HOW POMPERANT WAS ORDERED FOR, EXECUTION.

XVI. THE MINE.

XV. HOW THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES WAS RAISED.

BOOK V.-THE BATTLE OF PAVIA

I. HOW FRANÇOIS I. SET OUT FOR ITALY, AND HOW HE ENTERED MILAN.

II. BONNIVET'S LAST INTERVIEW WITH THE COMTESSA DI CHIERI.

IV. OF THE STRATAGEM PRACTISED BY ANTONIO DE LEYVA.

V. GEORGE VON FRUNDSBERG.

VI. HOW FRANÇOIS I. REFUSED TO RAISE THE SIEGE OF PAVIA.

VII. IN WHAT MANNER POMERRANT PROCURED A SUPPLY OP POWDER FOR THE

VIII. HOW MARCELLINE D'HERMENT CAME TO PAVIA TO SOLICIT HER BROTHER'S

IX. HOW PESCARA CAUSED A BREACH TO BE MADE IN THE WALLS OF THE PARK. OF

X. THE BATTLE.

XI. HOW BONNIVET WAS SLAIN BY BOURBON.

XII. HOW THE KING SURRENDERED TO THE VICEROY OF NAPLES.

BOOK VI.—CHARLES V.

I. HOW FRANÇOIS I. WAS TAKEN TO MADRID, AND CONFINED IN A MOORISH

II. HOW THE TREATY OF MADRID WAS SIGNED.

BOOK VII.—THE SACK OF ROME.

I. HOW VON FRUNDSBERG ONCE MORE ENTERED ITALY WITH HIS LANZ-KNECHTS.

II. HOW BOURBON COMMENCED HIS MARCH TO HOME.

III. HOW BOURBON REACHED THE APENNINES.

IV. THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.

V. HOW LANNOY VAINLY ATTEMPTED TO ARREST BOURBON'S MARCH.

VI. VON FRUNDSBERG'S LAST CAROUSE.

VIII. HOW BOURBON AND HIS BANDS ARRIVED BEFORE ROME.

IX. THE FIRST SHOT FROM THE WALLS.

X. IN SAINT PETER'S.

THE TOWER OF LONDON A Historical Romance By William Harrison Ainsworth ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, MDCCCXL

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