Vayenne
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Brebner Percy James. Vayenne
CHAPTER I. THE TRAVELLER ARRIVES
CHAPTER II. THE CROIX VERTE LOSES ITS GUEST
CHAPTER III. THE DWARF OF ST. ETIENNE
CHAPTER IV. THE ROAD TO PASSEY
CHAPTER V. THE SCHOLAR
CHAPTER VI. AT THE CLEARING IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER VII. THE END OF A RACE FOR LIFE
CHAPTER VIII. INTO DEATH'S JAWS AGAIN
CHAPTER IX. COUNT FELIX
CHAPTER X. THE SUPERSTITION OF COUNT FELIX
CHAPTER XI. THE LAW OF THE LAND
CHAPTER XII. HOW JEAN LOST HIS ENEMIES
CHAPTER XIII. OBEDIENCE AND TRUST
CHAPTER XIV. THE DUKE'S FOOL
CHAPTER XV. THE COUNT LOSES HIS SWORD
CHAPTER XVI. THE ORDERS FOR RELEASE
CHAPTER XVII. THE DUKE OF MONTVILLIERS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PRICE OF SUCCESS
CHAPTER XIX. A CHANGED MAN
CHAPTER XX. FATHER BERTRAND JUSTIFIES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XXI. THE OLD HAG
CHAPTER XXII. THE DWARF'S APPEAL
CHAPTER XXIII. THE GATES ARE SHUT
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FORD BY LARNE
CHAPTER XXV. THE CRYPT OF ST. ETIENNE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE VENGEANCE OF THE MOB
CHAPTER XXVII. ONLY THE FOOL
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SUBMISSION OF MADEMOISELLE DE LIANCOURT
CHAPTER XXIX. THE DUKE'S MESSENGER
CHAPTER XXX. THE CROWNING OF ROGER HERRICK
CHAPTER XXXI. DUKE AND SUBJECTS
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"Does the death of a man prevent the living from finishing the bottle? It's a sin to waste good wine," said Lemasle, striding back into the room.
He spoke rather as a man who was perplexed than as one who was callous. Whatever scheme Father Bertrand was persuading him to, had been in the future a few moments ago; there was plenty of time to weigh it and digest it, to play with it and calculate the chances; that cannon booming out into the night had made a quick decision imperative, and Gaspard Lemasle was troubled.
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She looked at him for an instant as she took the whip, a new interest in her eyes, and a slight lowering of her proud head thanked him. Then she turned the mare round sharply.
"Captain Lemasle, I am ready," she said, and as the soldiers closed round Herrick again, she rode out through the grim gateway, followed by the troop of horsemen.
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