Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
FLIGHT OF GEORGIANA

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Works of
Robert Neilson Stephens

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An Enemy to the King
The Continental Dragoon
The Road to Paris
A Gentleman Player
Philip Winwood
Captain Ravenshaw
The Mystery of Murray Davenport
The Bright Face of Danger
The Flight of Georgiana

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L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

Publishers
200 Summer St., Boston, Mass.

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THE FLIGHT
OF GEORGIANA

A Story of Love and Peril in England in 1746

By

Robert Neilson Stephens

Author of “Philip Winwood,” “An Enemy to the King,” etc., etc.

Illustrated by

H. C. Edwards

“The lioness, you may move her
To give o’er her prey;
But you’ll ne’er stop a lover—
He will find out the way.

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“If once the message greet him
That his True Love doth stay,
If Death should come and meet him,
Love will find out the way!”
—OLD BALLAD.

Boston
⸪ L. C. Page & Company ⸪
Mdccccv

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Copyright, 1905

BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

(INCORPORATED)

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All rights reserved

Published August, 1905

COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U.S.A.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. ENEMIES 1
II. FRIENDS 19
III. KNAVES 39
IV. FUGITIVES 63
V. RISKS 92
VI. THANKS 110
VII. KISSES 128
VIII. THREATS 146
IX. SWORDS 170
X. WAGERS 190
XI. PROPOSALS 212
XII. TEARS 233
XIII. SURPRISES 253
XIV. ROADS 269
XV. PISTOLS 295
XVI. HORSES 316

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“‘WHAT ’UD THE COUNTY SAY IF I 4
EXHIBITED THIS HERE BIT O’
WRITING?’”

“‘SAVE YOURSELF,’ SHE 101
WHISPERED, RAPIDLY. ‘YOU ARE
IN DANGER HERE’”

“THE TWO GENTLEMEN MADE THEIR 195
SWORDS RING”

“‘UNCLE, I BEG YOU, ON MY 259
KNEES—HIS LIFE!’”

“HE SNATCHED THE HANDKERCHIEF 313
FROM HER FACE”

“THE HORSES DASHED FORWARD” 333

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THE FLIGHT OF GEORGIANA