Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
GREAT ROXHYTHE

THE
GREAT ROXHYTHE

BY
GEORGETTE HEYER

Author of
“The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century”

“_Under which King, Bezonian?_”
--_King Henry IV. Part II_

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I--THE KING AND HIS FAVOURITE 1 II--THE KING HIS COUNCILLORS 10 III--CHRISTOPHER DART 19 IV--FLUSHING 30 V--MYNHEER DE STAAL 42 VI--RODERICK DART 51 VII--WILLIAM OF ORANGE 56 VIII--THE AMIABLE MR. MILWARD PERPLEXED 67 IX--THE KING OF ENGLAND 76 BOOK II--THE WAYS DIVERGE I--JANUARY, 1669 85 II--THE OFFER 97 III--HER LADYSHIP 110 IV--HER LADYSHIP’S PERPLEXITY 116 V--LADY CREWE 120 VI--THE PRICE 126 VII--THE FIRST SEED OF DOUBT 132 VIII--MADAME 141 IX--THE GROWTH OF THE SEED 153 X--MAY, 1670 160 XI--UNREST 168 BOOK III--QUO VADIS? I--WHITEHALL 177 II--THE HUSBAND 184 III--THE CHALLENGE 194 IV--PROGRESSION 202 V--THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS 211 VI--THE KING HIS WILL 224 VII--THE HAND OF FATE 232 VIII--THE AMIABLE MR. MILWARD AGAIN 242 IX--DISILLUSIONMENT 252 X--THE BITTER HOUR 264 BOOK IV--THE ONE PART I--THE NEW MASTER 275 II--THE COMING OF WILLIAM 285 III--LA KEROUALLE 296 IV--THE MEETING 304 V--DISCORD 310 VI--THE DECISION 320 VII--THE REVENGE 323 VIII--THE HAVEN 326 BOOK V--THE OTHER PART I--THE TRIPLE GAME 339 II--THE SCHEMERS 347 III--AGITATIONS 353 IV--THE KING HIS TRIUMPH 360 V--PLOTS 365 VI--MONMOUTH 375 VII--FEBRUARY, 1685 383 VIII--THE LOSING GAME 392 IX--THE SUNDERLANDS 399 X--THE SHOT 407 XI--THE GREAT ROXHYTHE 412

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GREAT ROXHYTHE