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Andrew Lang. The Valet's Tragedy, and Other Studies
The Valet's Tragedy, and Other Studies
Table of Contents
PREFACE
I. THE VALET’S TRAGEDY
II. THE VALET’S MASTER
APPENDIX
ORIGINAL PAPERS IN THE CASE OF ROUX DE MARSILLY.*
III. THE MYSTERY OF SIR EDMUND BERRY GODFREY
IV. THE FALSE JEANNE D’ARC
V. JUNIUS AND LORD LYTTELTON’S GHOST
VI. THE MYSTERY OF AMY ROBSART
VII. THE VOICES OF JEANNE D’ARC
VIII. THE MYSTERY OF JAMES DE LA CLOCHE
IX. THE TRUTH ABOUT ‘FISHER’S GHOST’
X. THE MYSTERY OF LORD BATEMAN
XI. THE QUEEN’S MARIE
XII. THE SHAKESPEARE-BACON IMBROGLIO*
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Andrew Lang
Published by Good Press, 2019
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As for the strange secrecy about Dauger, here is an example. Saint-Mars, in January 1687, was appointed to the fortress of the Isles Sainte-Marguerite, that sun themselves in the bay of Cannes. On January 20 he asks leave to go to see his little kingdom. He must leave Dauger, but HAS FORBIDDEN EVEN HIS LIEUTENANT TO SPEAK TO THAT PRISONER. This was an increase of precaution since 1682. He wishes to take the captive to the Isles, but how? A sedan chair covered over with oilcloth seems best. A litter might break down, litters often did, and some one might then see the passenger.
Now M. Funck-Brentano says, to minimise the importance of Dauger, ‘he was shut up like so much luggage in a chair hermetically closed with oilcloth, carried by eight Piedmontese in relays of four.’
