Petticoat Rule
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Emma Orczy. Petticoat Rule
PART I. THE GIRL
CHAPTER I. A FAREWELL BANQUET
CHAPTER II. THE RULERS OF FRANCE
CHAPTER III. POMPADOUR'S CHOICE
CHAPTER IV. A WOMAN'S SURRENDER
CHAPTER V. THE FIRST TRICK
CHAPTER VI. A FALSE POSITION
CHAPTER VII. THE YOUNG PRETENDER
CHAPTER VIII. THE LAST TRICK
CHAPTER IX. THE WINNING HAND
PART II. THE STATESMAN
CHAPTER X. THE BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK
CHAPTER XI. LA BELLE IRÈNE
CHAPTER XII. THE PROMISES OF FRANCE
CHAPTER XIII. THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE
CHAPTER XIV. ROYAL FAVOURS
CHAPTER XV. DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XVI. STRANGERS
PART III. THE WOMAN
CHAPTER XVII. SPLENDID ISOLATION
CHAPTER XVIII. CLEVER TACTICS
CHAPTER XIX. A CRISIS
CHAPTER XX. A FAREWELL
CHAPTER XXI. ROYAL THANKS
CHAPTER XXII. PATERNAL ANXIETY
CHAPTER XXIII. THE QUEEN'S SOIRÉE
CHAPTER XXIV. GOSSIP
CHAPTER XXV. THE FIRST DOUBT
CHAPTER XXVI. THE AWFUL CERTITUDE
CHAPTER XXVII. A FALL
CHAPTER XXVIII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE FATE OF THE STUART PRINCE
CHAPTER XXX. M. DE STAINVILLE'S SECONDS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE FINAL DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XXXII. THE DAWN
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RIDE
CHAPTER XXXIV "LE MONARQUE"
CHAPTER XXXV. THE STRANGER
CHAPTER XXXVI. REVENGE
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LETTER
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE HOME IN ENGLAND
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"Eh? d'Aumont!"
The voice, that of a man still in the prime of life, but already raucous in its tone, thickened through constant mirthless laughter, rendered querulous too from long vigils kept at the shrine of pleasure, rose above the incessant babel of women's chatter, the din of silver, china and glasses passing to and fro.
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"I did not remark, my dear D'Aumont," rejoined Bénédict pleasantly – "that is, I merely said 'Hem! hem!'"
"Even so, I heard you," said Joseph, with some acerbity; "and I would wish to know precisely what you meant when you said 'Hem! hem!' like that."
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