Chapter I: Front Matter

LEON ROCH

A ROMANCE

BY

B. PÉREZ GALDÓS
Author of “Gloria,” etc.

FROM THE SPANISH BY CLARA BELL

--AUTHORIZED EDITION--

TWO VOLUMES--VOL. II.

REVISED AND CORRECTED IN THE UNITED STATES

NEW YORK
WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER, PUBLISHER
11 MURRAY STREET
1888

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886

BY WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

THIS TRANSLATION WAS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE PUBLISHER

CONTENTS.

VOLUME II.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--WHICH TREATS OF THE CASTILIAN NOBILITY,
OF THE LAWS OF MORALITY, OF ALL THAT
IS MOST VENERABLE, AND OTHER SMALL
MATTERS, 1

II.--A PICTURE WHICH MIGHT BE A ZURBARAN BUT
IS ONLY BY GOYA, 14

III.--THE REVOLUTION, 22

IV.--SUING OR DEFIANT? 40

V.--THE ICE GIVES WAY, 50

VI.--RETURN TO CONSCIOUSNESS, 72

VII.--WILL SHE DIE? 78

VIII.--LEON ROCH PAYS A VISIT, 92

IX.--A PARTING, 103

X.--BREAKFAST, 109

XI.--THE PRIEST LIES AND THE COCK CROWS, 119

XII.--THE STRIFE OF WORDS, 128

XIII.--ICES, HAM, CIGARS AND WINE, 138

XIV.--A NOCTURNAL VISIT, 144

XV.--LATET ANGUIS, 153

XVI.--AN EXCESS OF ZEAL, 161

XVII.--THE TRUTH, 175

XVIII.--THE BATTLE, 183

XIX.--VULNERANT OMNES, ULTIMA NECAT, 205

XX.--IN THE _Incroyable_ DRAWING-ROOM, 214

XXI.--IMPOSSIBILITIES, 227

XXII.--VISITS OF CONDOLENCE, 245

XXIII.--THE VICTIMIZED HUSBAND, 252

XXIV.--THREE AGAINST TWO, 268

XXV.--THE END, 282

LEON ROCH

LEON ROCH.