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Burton Egbert Stevenson. At Odds with the Regent
At Odds with the Regent
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. AN ENCOUNTER WITH CARTOUCHE
CHAPTER II. THE SALON OF MADAME DU MAINE
CHAPTER III. A LITTLE LESSON IN POLITICS
CHAPTER IV. A DUEL AT MID-DAY
CHAPTER V. A DESPERATE VENTURE
CHAPTER VI. A SURPRISE FOR MAISON-ROUGE
CHAPTER VII. AT THE DRYAD FOUNTAIN
CHAPTER VIII. AN AUDIENCE WITH THE REGENT
CHAPTER IX. THE CONSERVE CLOSET
CHAPTER X. THE REGENT SCORES A POINT
CHAPTER XI. THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT
CHAPTER XII. A CONFERENCE WITH CELLAMARE
CHAPTER XIII. AT THE THÉÂTRE-FRANÇAIS
CHAPTER XIV. THE GAME OF PRISONER’S CHASE
CHAPTER XV. RICHELIEU STANDS HIS GROUND
CHAPTER XVI. A DAY OF FRUITLESS EFFORT
CHAPTER XVII. THE REGENT SHOWS HIS HAND
CHAPTER XVIII. A RIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XIX. D’ANCENIS TELLS THE STORY
CHAPTER XX. THE SECRET STAIRCASE
CHAPTER XXI. WHERE HONOR WINS
CHAPTER XXII. AT THE PALAIS ROYAL
CHAPTER XXIII. THE REGENT’S GRATITUDE
A LAST WORD
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Burton Egbert Stevenson
A Story of the Cellamare Conspiracy
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We had traversed a number of streets as we had talked, whose names I did not know, but I saw that we were entering a better quarter of the town. A moment later, we came out in front of a long row of stately buildings which I knew to be the Tuileries. At one of the pavilions, which seemed more brilliantly lighted than the others, the duke entered, and, as I hesitated, bade me enter with him.
“There is no need to postpone your appearance upon the future scene of your adventures,” he said, as we crossed the wide vestibule, the lackeys on either side bowing before him. “Besides, we will tarry but a moment. We are both somewhat travel-stained, ’tis true, but that will count rather in our favor than against us, for men of action have come into fashion with the need for them, and one good swordsman is valued more highly than a dozen poets.”
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