Оглавление
H. De Vere Stacpoole. The Presentation
The Presentation
Table of Contents
BOOK I
THE PRESENTATION. CHAPTER I. THE DUC DE CHOISEUL’S BALL
CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF THE DUBARRYS
CHAPTER III. A COUNCIL OF WAR
CHAPTER IV. THE METHODS OF MONSIEUR DE SARTINES
CHAPTER V. FERMINARD
CHAPTER VI. THE COMTESSE DE BÉARN
CHAPTER VII. THE ARTIST
CHAPTER VIII. THE PRESENTATION
CHAPTER IX. THE REWARD
CHAPTER X. THE ORDER OF ARREST
CHAPTER XI. FLIGHT
CHAPTER XII. A DUEL OF WITS
BOOK II
CHAPTER I. A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT
CHAPTER II. THE GRATITUDE OF THE DUBARRYS
CHAPTER III. THE PAIR OF SPECTACLES
CHAPTER IV. THE ARREST OF ROCHEFORT
CHAPTER V. CAPTAIN ROUX
BOOK III
CHAPTER I. THE POISONING OF ATALANTA
CHAPTER II. MONSIEUR BROMMARD
CHAPTER III. CHOISEUL’S LETTER
CHAPTER IV. THE DECLARATION OF CAMUS
CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF COUNT CAMUS
CHAPTER VI. THE LABORATORY
CHAPTER VII. THE FAWN AND THE SERPENT
CHAPTER VIII. THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS
BOOK IV
CHAPTER I. NEWS FROM VINCENNES
CHAPTER II. THE TWO PRISONERS
CHAPTER III. THE TWO PRISONERS (continued)
CHAPTER IV. THE TWO PRISONERS (continued)
CHAPTER V. M. DE ROCHEFORT REVIEWS HIMSELF
CHAPTER VI. THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER VII. ROCHEFORT’S PLAN
CHAPTER VIII. THE HONOUR OF LAVENNE
CHAPTER IX. THE GATHERING STORM
CHAPTER X. THE DUC DE CHOISEUL’S RECEPTION
CHAPTER XI. ROCHEFORT AND CHOISEUL
CHAPTER XII. ENVOI
Отрывок из книги
H. De Vere Stacpoole
Published by Good Press, 2021
.....
Here, drinking at a buffet, he met a friend, Monsieur de Duras, a stout gentleman—one of those persons who know everything about everyone and their affairs. Camus questioned him about Mademoiselle Fontrailles, and learned her origin and history. Her father was the chief banker in Martinique. She had come to Paris for her health. Attended by whom?
“Mon Dieu!” said de Duras, “now you ask me a question. She has come attended by no one but an old quadroon woman, and she lives, now in apartments in the Rue St. Dominic, and now at Luciennes. She is a friend of the Dubarry, to whom old Fontrailles owes many a concession that has helped to make his fortune. But you may save yourself trouble, my dear Camus—she is entirely unapproachable, one of those torches that turn out to be icicles when you take a hold of them.”
.....
