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Frederic Stewart Isham. Under the Rose
Under the Rose
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Kneeling, he received it … … … Frontispiece
UNDER THE ROSE
CHAPTER I
A NEST OF NINNIES
CHAPTER II
A ROYAL EAVESDROPPER
CHAPTER III
A GIFT FOR THE DUKE
CHAPTER IV
AN IMPATIENT SUITOR
CHAPTER V
JACQUELINE FETCHES THE PRINCESS' FAN
Taking the book, he opened it at random, mechanically sinking at her feet
CHAPTER VI
THE ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE
CHAPTER VII
THE COURT OF LOVE
CHAPTER VIII
A BRIEF TRUCE
CHAPTER IX
THE FLIGHT OF THE FOOL
CHAPTER X
THE FOOL RETURNS TO THE CASTLE
CHAPTER XI
A NEW MESSENGER TO THE EMPEROR
CHAPTER XII
THE DUKE ENTERS THE LISTS
CHAPTER XIII
A CHAPLET FOR THE DUKE
CHAPTER XIV
AN EARLY-MORNING VISIT
CHAPTER XV
A NEW DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XVI
TIDINGS FROM THE COURT
CHAPTER XVII
JACQUELINE'S QUEST
CHAPTER XVIII
THE SECRET OF THE JESTRESS
CHAPTER XIX
A FIGURE IN THE MOONLIGHT
He threw the dregs of his glass in the face of the jester
CHAPTER XX
AN UNEQUAL CONFLICT
CHAPTER XXI
THE DESERTED HUT
CHAPTER XXII
THE TALE OF THE SWORD
CHAPTER XXIII
THE DWARF MAKES AN EARLY CALL
CHAPTER XXIV
AN ENCOUNTER AT THE BRIDGE
CHAPTER XXV
IN THE TENT OF THE EMPEROR
CHAPTER XXVI
THE DEBT OF NATURE
CHAPTER XXVII
A MAID OF FRANCE
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE FAVORITE IS ALARMED
CHAPTER XXIX
THE FAVORITE IS REASSURED
He looked not at the young girl, but calmly. met the scrutiny of the king
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Frederic Stewart Isham
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"It would be a breach of hospitality to hang me, the servant of the duke who is servant of Charles V!" he replied boldly.
Francis started. Like a menace shone the arms of the great emperor. Vividly he recalled his own humiliation, his long captivity, and mistrusted the power of his subtile, amiable friend-enemy. Friendship? Sweeter was hatred. But the promptings of wisdom had suggested the policy of peace; the reins of expediency drove him, autocrat or slave, to the doctrines of loving brotherhood. He turned his gloomy eyes upon the glowing countenance of Triboulet.
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