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Barr Robert. Tekla

CHAPTER I. THE EMPEROR ENTERS TREVES

CHAPTER II. THE ARCHER INTRODUCES HIMSELF

CHAPTER III. LISTENERS HEAR LITTLE GOOD OF THEMSELVES

CHAPTER IV. THE EMPEROR DISAPPEARS

CHAPTER V. LOVE LEADS THE WAY

CHAPTER VI. AN UNWISHED-FOR MARRIAGE DAY

CHAPTER VII. THE FLIGHT OF THE COUNTESS

CHAPTER VIII. THE RAPIER AND THE BROADSWORD

CHAPTER IX. A PALATIAL PRISON

CHAPTER X. THE INTERCEPTED FUGITIVES

CHAPTER XI. IN QUEST OF A WIFE WITH A TROOP OF HORSE

CHAPTER XII. CUPID'S BOW GIVES PLACE TO THE ARCHER'S

CHAPTER XIII. THE BLACK COUNT IS PERSUADED NOT TO HANG HIS EMPEROR

CHAPTER XIV. A RELUCTANT WELCOME

CHAPTER XV. CASTLE THURON MAKES A FULL MEAL

CHAPTER XVI. THE COUNTESS TRIES TO TAME THE BEAR

CHAPTER XVII. THE ENVOY'S DISASTROUS RETURN

CHAPTER XVIII. A TWO-HANDED SWORD TEACHES DEPORTMENT

CHAPTER XIX. A MAN AND A WOMAN MEET BY TORCHLIGHT

CHAPTER XX. A BREAKFAST ON THE TOP OF THE SOUTH TOWER

CHAPTER XXI. AN EXPERIMENT IN DIPLOMACY

CHAPTER XXII. THE FIRST ATTACK ON CASTLE THURON

CHAPTER XXIII. THE TWO ARCHBISHOPS FALL OUT

CHAPTER XXIV. COUNT BERTRICH EXPLAINS HIS FAILURE

CHAPTER XXV. THE SECOND ASSAULT ON THE CASTLE

CHAPTER XXVI. AN ILLUMINATED NIGHT ATTACK ON THURON

CHAPTER XXVII. THE TWO YEARS' SIEGE BEGINS

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SECOND ARCHER ANNOUNCES HIMSELF

CHAPTER XXIX. CONRAD VENTURES HIS LIFE FOR HIS LOVE

CHAPTER XXX. THE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK

CHAPTER XXXI. BRAVE NEWS OF THE EMPEROR

CHAPTER XXXII "FOR YOUR LOVE I WOULD DEFY FATE."

CHAPTER XXXIII. A GRIM INTERRUPTION TO A LOVER'S MEETING

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BLACK COUNT'S DEFIANCE

CHAPTER XXXV. THE NIGHT ESCAPE OF THE EMPEROR

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FIVE BILLETLESS ARROWS

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TRAITOR AND HIS PRICE

CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE INCOGNITO FALLS

CHAPTER XXXIX. THE EMPEROR AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY

CHAPTER XL. THE ARCHBISHOPS ENVIRONED WITH A RING OF IRON

CHAPTER XLI "WHY HAVE YOU DARED TO LEVY WAR?"

CHAPTER XLII. TEKLA REPLENISHES HER WARDROBE

CHAPTER XLIII. THE COUNTESS AND THE EMPEROR

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The Emperor, having removed the stains of travel, followed his host downstairs to the banquet that had been prepared for him, and both fell to with an appetite sharpened by a long journey. The white wines of the Moselle, supplemented by the vintage of the Saar, speedily drove away all remembrance of the day's fatigue.

After the meal, the Baron, with a re-filled flagon at his elbow, stretched out his legs and enjoyed to the full the consciousness that he had been well fed and was comfortably housed, with nothing more arduous in prospect than an honestly earned night's repose. The young Emperor looked across at this picture of contentment with a twinkle in his eye.

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"I think he owes you an explanation," replied Rodolph. "It would be somewhat inconvenient were the Archbishop's troops after us, and we desired to escape by the water."

The Baron said nothing, but his black looks boded ill for the absent menial.

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