The Regent's Daughter
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Dumas Alexandre. The Regent's Daughter
CHAPTER I. AN ABBESS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER II. DECIDEDLY THE FAMILY BEGINS TO SETTLE DOWN
CHAPTER III. WHAT PASSED THREE NIGHTS LATER AT EIGHT HUNDRED LEAGUES FROM THE PALAIS ROYAL
CHAPTER IV. SHOWING HOW CHANCE ARRANGES SOME MATTERS BETTER THAN PROVIDENCE
CHAPTER V. THE JOURNEY
CHAPTER VI. A ROOM IN THE HOTEL AT RAMBOUILLET
CHAPTER VII. A SERVANT IN THE ROYAL LIVERY. – MONSEIGNEUR LE DUC D'ORLEANS
CHAPTER VIII. THE UTILITY OF A SEAL
CHAPTER IX. THE VISIT
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH DUBOIS PROVES THAT HIS POLICE WAS BETTER ORGANIZED AT AN EXPENSE OF 300,000 FRANCS THAN THE GENERAL POLICE FOR THREE MILLIONS
CHAPTER XI. RAMBOUILLET AGAIN
CHAPTER XII. CAPTAIN LA JONQUIERE
CHAPTER XIII. MONSIEUR MOUTONNET, DRAPER AT ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE
CHAPTER XIV. TRUST TO SIGNS OF GRATITUDE
CHAPTER XV. HIS EXCELLENCY THE DUC D'ORLEANS
CHAPTER XVI. MONSEIGNEUR, WE ARE BRETONS
CHAPTER XVII. MONSIEUR ANDRE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE
CHAPTER XIX. THE ARTIST AND THE POLITICIAN
CHAPTER XX. BLOOD REVEALS ITSELF
CHAPTER XXI. WHAT PASSED IN THE RUE DU BAC WHILE WAITING FOR GASTON
CHAPTER XXII. IN BRETAGNE
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SORCERESS OF SAVERNAY
CHAPTER XXIV. THE ARREST
CHAPTER XXV. THE BASTILLE
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW LIFE PASSED IN THE BASTILLE WHILE WAITING FOR DEATH
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW THE NIGHT PASSED IN THE BASTILLE WHILE WAITING FOR THE DAY
CHAPTER XXVIII. A COMPANION IN THE BASTILLE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE SENTENCE
CHAPTER XXX. THE FAMILY FEUD
CHAPTER XXXI. STATE AFFAIRS AND FAMILY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER XXXII. SHOWING THAT WE MUST NOT ALWAYS JUDGE OTHERS BY OURSELVES, ABOVE ALL IF WE ARE CALLED DUBOIS
CHAPTER XXXIII. MONCEAUX
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PARDON
CHAPTER XXXV. THE LAST INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XXXVI. NANTES
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE END
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Whatever the regent might say, the Duchesse de Berry was his favorite daughter. At seven years of age she had been seized with a disease which all the doctors declared to be fatal, and when they had abandoned her, her father, who had studied medicine, took her in hand himself, and succeeded in saving her.
From that time the regent's affection for his daughter became almost a weakness. He allowed the haughty and self-willed child the most perfect liberty; her education was neglected, but this did not prevent Louis XIV. from choosing her as a wife for his grandson the Duc de Berry.
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The marquis called Talhouet, who had kept good watch, and now rejoined the group, and followed without asking what had passed.
All five went on but slowly, for Gaston's horse was lame; the chevalier guided them toward the convent, then to the little rivulet, and at ten paces from the iron gate he stopped.
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