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Arthur Quiller-Couch. Sir John Constantine
Sir John Constantine
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Chapter. I. OF THE LINEAGE AND CONDITION OF SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE. II. I RIDE ON A PILGRIMAGE. III. I ACQUIRE A KINGDOM. IV. LONG VACATION. V. THE SILENT MEN. VI. HOW MY FATHER OUT OF NOTHING BUILT AN ARMY, AND IN FIVE MINUTES PLANNED AN INVASION. VII. THE COMPANY OF THE ROSE. VIII. TRIBULATIONS OF A MAYOR. IX. I ENLIST AN ARMY. X. OF THE DISCOURSE HELD ON BOARD THE "GAUNTLET" XI. WE FALL IN WITH A SALLEE ROVER. XII. HOW WE LANDED ON THE ISLAND. XIII. HOW, WITHOUT FIGHTING, OUR ARMY WASTED BY ENCHANTMENT. XIV. HOW BY MEANS OF HER WINE I CAME TO CIRCE. XV. I BECOME HOSTAGE TO PRINCESS CAMILLA. XVI. THE FOREST HUT. XVII. THE FIRST CHALLENGE. XVIII. THE TENDER MERCIES OF PRINCE CAMILLO. XIX. HOW MARC'ANTONIO NURESD ME AND GAVE ME COUNSEL. XX. I LEARN OF LIBERTY, AND AM RESTORED TO IT. XXI. OF MY FATHER'S ANABASIS; AND THE DIFFERENT TEMPERS OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN AND A WILD SHEEP OF CORSICA. XXII. THE GREAT ADVENTURE. XXIII. ORDEAL AND CHOOSING. XXIV. THE WOOING OF PRINCESS CAMILLA. XXV. MY WEDDING DAY. XXVI. THE FLAME AND THE ALTAR. XXVII. MY MISTRESS RE-ENLISTS ME. XXVIII. GENOA. XXIX. VENDETTA. XXX. THE SUMMIT AND THE STARS. POSTSCRIPT. SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE
CHAPTER I
OF THE LINEAGE AND CONDITION OF SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE
CHAPTER II
I RIDE ON A PILGRIMAGE
THE STORY OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
CHAPTER III
I ACQUIRE A KINGDOM
CHAPTER IV
LONG VACATION
CHAPTER V
THE SILENT MEN
"MY FRIEND,
"EMILIA."
CHAPTER VI
HOW MY FATHER OUT OF NOTHING BUILT AN ARMY, AND IN FIVE MINUTES PLANNED AN INVASION
CHAPTER VII
THE COMPANY OF THE ROSE
THE TRAVELS OF PHINEAS FETT
CHAPTER VIII
TRIBULATIONS OF A MAYOR
CHAPTER IX
I ENLIST AN ARMY
CHAPTER X
OF THE DISCOURSE HELD ON BOARD THE "GAUNTLET."
MR. FETT'S STORY OF THE INTERRUPTED BETROTHAL
MY FATHER'S STORY OF THE SHIPWRECKED LOVERS
CHAPTER XI
WE FALL IN WITH A SALLEE ROVER
NAT FIENNES' SONG TO THE UNDISCOVERED LADY
THE STORY OF THE ROVER AND THE LORD PROVOST'S DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XII
HOW WE LANDED ON THE ISLAND
CHAPTER XIII
HOW, WITHOUT FIGHTING, OUR ARMY WASTED BY ENCHANTMENT
PHILOPATRI STEPHANOPOULOI
MR. FETT'S STORY OF THE FUNGI OF MONTPELLIER
CHAPTER XIV
HOW BY MEANS OF HER SWINE I CAME TO CIRCE
CHAPTER XV
I BECOME HOSTAGE TO THE PRINCESS CAMILLA
"DEAR FATHER,
CHAPTER XVI
THE FOREST HUT
CHAPTER XVII
THE FIRST CHALLENGE
CHAPTER XVIII
THE TENDER MERCIES OF PRINCE CAMILLO
CHAPTER XIX
HOW MARC'ANTONIO NURSED ME AND GAVE ME COUNSEL
CHAPTER XX
I LEARN OF LIBERTY, AND AM RESTORED TO IT
"HOO-ROAR!"
CHAPTER XXI
OF MY FATHER'S ANABASIS; AND THE DIFFERENT TEMPERS OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN AND A WILD SHEEP OF CORSICA
BILLY PRISKE'S STORY OF MY FATHER'S CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XXII
THE GREAT ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XXIII
ORDEAL AND CHOOSING
CHAPTER XXIV
THE WOOING OF PRINCESS CAMILLA
CHAPTER XXV
MY WEDDING DAY
CHAPTER XXVI
THE FLAME AND THE ALTAR
CHAPTER XXVII
MY MISTRESS RE-ENLISTS ME
CHAPTER XXVIII
GENOA
"THE GRAND DUCHESS AND HER THREE WOOERS."
CHAPTER XXIX
VENDETTA
CHAPTER XXX
THE SUMMIT AND THE STARS
POSTSCRIPT
BY GERVASE ARUNDEL
"CRAS AMET QVI NVNQVAM AMAVIT QVIQVE AMAVIT CRAS AMET."
G.A
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Arthur Quiller-Couch
Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
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"None the less the man is very far from being my friend," he answered quietly.
"But surely—surely, sir, you cannot be doing this in any hope to recover what he already owes you! That were indeed to throw the helve after the hatchet. Nay, sir, it were madness—stark madness!"
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