The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
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Henty George Alfred. The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
Chapter 1: Windthorpe Chace
Chapter 2: Rupert to the Rescue
Chapter 3: A Kiss and its Consequences
Chapter 4: The Sedan Chair
Chapter 5: The Fencing School
Chapter 6: The War Of Succession
Chapter 7: Venloo
Chapter 8: The Old Mill
Chapter 9: The Duel
Chapter 10: The Battle Of The Dykes
Chapter 11: A Death Trap
Chapter 12: The Sad Side Of War
Chapter 13: Blenheim
Chapter 14: The Riot at Dort
Chapter 15: The End of a Feud
Chapter 16: Ramilies
Chapter 17: A Prisoner of War
Chapter 18: The Court of Versailles
Chapter 19: The Evasion
Chapter 20: Loches
Chapter 21: Back in Harness
Chapter 22: Oudenarde
Chapter 23: The Siege of Lille
Chapter 24: Adele
Chapter 25: Flight and Pursuit
Chapter 26: The Siege of Tournai
Chapter 27: Malplaquet, and the End of the War
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About a month after the day on which Rupert had taken Mademoiselle Adele Dessin out hawking, the colonel and Mistress Dorothy went to dine at the house of a county family some miles away. The family coach, which was only used on grand occasions, was had out, and in this Mistress Dorothy, hooped and powdered in accordance with the fashion of the day, took her seat with Colonel Holliday. Rupert had been invited, as the eldest son was a lad of his own age.
It was a memorable occasion for him, as he was for the first time to dress in the full costume of the period–with powdered hair, ruffles, a blue satin coat and knee breeches of the same material, with silk stockings. His greatest pleasure, however, was that he was now to wear a sword, the emblem of a gentleman, for the first time. He was to ride on horseback, for madam completely filled the coach with her hoops and brocaded dress, and there was scarcely room for Colonel Holliday, who sat beside her almost lost in her ample skirts.
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Then the earl accompanied Colonel Holliday to the latter's room, hung with rapiers, swords, and other arms. There ceremony was laid aside, and the old cavalier and the brilliant general entered into familiar talk, the former lighting a long pipe, of the kind known at present as a "churchwarden."
The earl told Colonel Holliday of the discovery that had been made, that the attack was no mere affair with highwaymen, but an attempt at assassination by a political rival.
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