"Sir Percy Leads the Band" by Emmuska Orczy. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Emmuska Orczy. Sir Percy Leads the Band
Sir Percy Leads the Band
Table of Contents
BOOK I — The ABBÉ
1—THE KING ON HIS TRIAL
2—SENTENCE
3—THE LEAGUE
4—JANUARY 21ST
5—THE LEVETS OF CHOISY
6—NEWS
7—MONSIEUR LE PROFESSEUR
8—MAURIN THE LAWYER
9—ORDERS FROM THE CHIEF
10—THE ABBÉ EDGEWORTH
11—THE MORNING AFTER
12—A FALSE MOVE
BOOK II — THE DOCTOR
13—THE CHÂTEAU DE LA RODIÈRE
14—AN OUTRAGE
15—ALARMING NEWS
16—RUMOUR AND COUNTER-RUMOUR
17—TIMELY WARNING
18—IMPENDING TROUBLE
19—THE LEAGUE
20—A LIKELY ALLY
BOOK III — MADEMOISELLE
21—CITIZEN CHAUVELIN
22—AT THE CHÂTEAU
23—THE RIGAUDON
24—A STRANGE PROPOSAL
BOOK IV — THE TRAITOR
25—MUTINY
26—OPEN REVOLT
27—TREACHERY
28—CHECK
29—CHECKMATE
30—DISHONOUR
BOOK V — THE CHIEF
31—THE DREAM
32—STRATAGEM
33—THE BALD PATE OF CHANCE
34—THE ENGLISH SPY
35—AN UNWELCOME GUEST
36—DUPED
37—ACCUSING SPECTRES
38—SISTER ANNE
39—THE CANADIAN
40—REMORSE
41—EPILOGUE
THE END
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Emmuska Orczy
Published by Good Press, 2021
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De Batz' florid face had become the colour of beet-root. He stretched out his hand and clenched his fist as if he meant to strike that urbane milksop in the face. However, he thought better of that. A fracas in a public place was not part of his programme. His hand unclenched, but it closed round the stem of a wineglass and snapped it in two. The Professor scarcely moved. In the far corner the man who had been reading put down his paper and glanced round lazily, while one of the domino players paused in his game, with one piece between his fingers and a look of indifferent curiosity in his eyes.
De Batz was striving to control his temper: under his breath he muttered the words "Poltroon! Coward!" once or twice. Aloud he said:
