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Eleanor C. Price. Angelot – A Tale of the First Empire
Angelot – A Tale of the First Empire
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. IN THE DEPTHS OF OLD FRANCE
CHAPTER II. HOW THE OWLS HOOTED IN THE DAYTIME
CHAPTER III "JE SUIS LE GÉNÉRAL BIM-BAM-BOUM!"
CHAPTER IV. HOW THE BREAKFAST COOKED FOR THOSE WAS EATEN BY THESE
CHAPTER V. HOW ANGELOT MADE AN ENEMY
CHAPTER VI. HOW LA BELLE HÉLÈNE TOOK AN EVENING WALK
CHAPTER VII. THE SLEEP OF MADEMOISELLE MOINEAU
CHAPTER VIII. HOW MONSIEUR JOSEPH MET WITH MANY ANNOYANCES
CHAPTER IX. HOW COMMON SENSE FOUGHT AND TRIUMPHED
CHAPTER X. HOW ANGELOT REFUSED WHAT HAD NOT BEEN OFFERED
CHAPTER XI. HOW MONSIEUR URBAIN SMOKED A CIGAR
CHAPTER XII. HOW THE PREFECT'S DOG SNAPPED AT THE GENERAL
CHAPTER XIII. HOW MONSIEUR SIMON SHOWED HIMSELF A LITTLE TOO CLEVER
CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH THREE WORDS CONTAIN A GOOD DEAL OF INFORMATION
CHAPTER XV. HOW HENRIETTE READ HISTORY TO SOME PURPOSE
CHAPTER XVI. HOW ANGELOT PLAYED THE PART OF AN OWL IN AN IVY-BUSH
CHAPTER XVII. HOW TWO SOLDIERS CAME HOME FROM SPAIN
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW CAPTAIN GEORGES PAID A VISIT OF CEREMONY
CHAPTER XIX. THE TREADING OF THE GRAPES
CHAPTER XX. HOW ANGELOT CLIMBED A TREE
CHAPTER XXI. HOW MONSIEUR JOSEPH FOUND HIMSELF MASTER OF THE SITUATION
CHAPTER XXII. THE LIGHTED WINDOWS OF LANCILLY
CHAPTER XXIII. A DANCE WITH GENERAL RATONEAU
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW MONSIEUR DE SAINFOY FOUND A WAY OUT
CHAPTER XXV. HOW THE CURÉ ACTED AGAINST HIS CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW ANGELOT KEPT HIS TRYST
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW MONSIEUR JOSEPH WENT OUT INTO THE DAWN
CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW GENERAL RATONEAU MET HIS MATCH
CHAPTER XXIX. THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF MONSIEUR URBAIN
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Eleanor C. Price
Historical Novel of the Napoleonic Era
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The children, as Monsieur Joseph called them, came to the glass door and opened it gently. They were Angelot and Henriette, first cousins, and alike enough to be brother and sister, in spite of the ten years between them.
The girl, with her fearless eyes, walked first; it seemed natural to her. All the men rose and bowed as she came in. She made a formal curtsey to each one separately, and smiled when Monsieur des Barres, the man of the world, bent gracefully to kiss her hand as if she had been a grown-up woman.
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