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Arthur Quiller-Couch. The Splendid Spur
The Splendid Spur
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CHAPTER I. — THE BOWLING-GREEN OF THE “CROWN.”
CHAPTER II. — THE YOUNG MAN IN THE CLOAK OF AMBER SATIN,
CHAPTER III. — I FIND MYSELF IN A TAVERN BRAWL: AND BARELY ESCAPE
A. K
CHAPTER IV. — I TAKE THE ROAD
CHAPTER V. — MY ADVENTURE AT THE “THREE CUPS.”
CHAPTER VI. — THE FLIGHT IN THE PINE WOOD
CHAPTER VII. — I FIND A COMRADE
But I must go back a little and tell you what befell in my expedition
CHAPTER VIII. — I LOSE THE KING'S LETTER; AND AM CARRIED TO BRISTOL
CHAPTER IX. — I BREAK OUT OF PRISON
“D. K.”
CHAPTER X. — CAPTAIN POTTERY AND CAPTAIN SETTLE
CHAPTER XI. — I RIDE DOWN INTO TEMPLE: AND AM WELL TREATED THERE
CHAPTER XII. — HOW JOAN SAVED THE ARMY OF THE WEST; AND SAW THE FIGHT ON BRADDOCK DOWN
CHAPTER XIII. — I BUY A LOOKING GLASS AT BODMIN FAIR: AND MEET WITH MR. HANNIBAL
TINGCOMB
CHAPTER XIV. — I DO NO GOOD IN THE HOUSE OF GLEYS
CHAPTER XV. — I LEAVE JOAN AND RIDE TO THE WARS
CHAPTER XVI. — THE BATTLE OF STAMFORD HEATH
CHAPTER XVII. — I MEET WITH A HAPPY ADVENTURE BY BURNING OF A GREEN LIGHT
CHAPTER XVIII. — JOAN DOES ME HER LAST SERVICE
CHAPTER XIX. — THE ADVENTURE OF THE HEARSE
CHAPTER XX. — THE ADVENTURE OF THE LEDGE; AND HOW I SHOOK HANDS WITH MY COMRADE
THE END
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Arthur Quiller-Couch
Being Memoirs of the Adventures of Mr. John Marvel, a Servant of His Late Majesty King Charles I, in the Years 1642-3
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'Twas at this moment that, catching my eye, the Prince Maurice slapp'd his leg, and leaning back, broke into peal after peal of laughter. And in a moment his brother took the jest also; and there we three sat and shook, and roar'd unquenchably round Master Carter, who, staring blankly from one to another, sat gaping, as though the last alarm were sounding in his ears.
“Oh! oh! oh! Hit me on the back, Maurice!”
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