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Hamilton Drummond. The Justice of the King
The Justice of the King
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CHAPTER. I. THE DESPATCH II. A LESSON IN OBEDIENCE III. FOR A WOMAN'S SAKE IV. THE JUSTICE OF THE KING V. THE KING LAYS BARE HIS HEART VI. HOW LOUIS LOVED HIS SON VII. FOUR-AND-TWENTY, WITH THE HEART OF EIGHTEEN VIII. THE BLACK DOG OF AMBOISE IX. FRANCOIS VILLON, POET AND GALLOWS-CHEAT X. LOVE, THE ENEMY XI. THE CROSS IN THE DARKNESS XII. LA MOTHE BELIEVES, BUT IS NOT CONVINCED XIII. "FRIEND IS MORE THAN FAMILY" XIV. FOR LIFE AND THRONE XV. A QUESTION IN THEOLOGY XVI. TOO SLOW AND TOO FAST XVII. STEPHEN LA MOTHE ASKS THE WRONG QUESTION XVIII. FRENCH AND ENGLISH XIX. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN XX. THE LAST STAND XXI. DENOUNCED XXII. "WE MUST SAVE HER TOGETHER" XXIII. JEAN SAXE IS EXPLICIT XXIV. A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOUR XXV. "IT IS A TRAP" XXVI. COMMINES TAKES ADVICE XXVII. THE SUCCESS OF FAILURE XXVIII. PHILIP DE COMMINES, DIPLOMATIST XXIX. THE PRICE OF A LATE BREAKFAST XXX. "LOVE IS MY LIFE" XXXI. SAXE RISES IN VILLON'S ESTIMATION XXXII. LA MOTHE FULFILS HIS COMMISSION XXXIII. THE ARREST XXXIV. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS XXXV. THE DAWN BROADENS. THE JUSTICE OF THE KING
CHAPTER I. THE DESPATCH
CHAPTER II
A LESSON IN OBEDIENCE
CHAPTER III
FOR A WOMAN'S SAKE
CHAPTER IV
THE JUSTICE OF THE KING
CHAPTER V
THE KING LAYS BARE HIS HEART
CHAPTER VI
HOW LOUIS LOVED HIS SON
CHAPTER VII
FOUR-AND-TWENTY, WITH THE HEART OF EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER VIII
THE BLACK DOG OF AMBOISE
CHAPTER IX
FRANCOIS VILLON, POET AND GALLOWS-CHEAT
CHAPTER X
LOVE, THE ENEMY
CHAPTER XI
THE CROSS IN THE DARKNESS
CHAPTER XII
LA MOTHE BELIEVES, BUT IS NOT CONVINCED
CHAPTER XIII
"FRIEND IS MORE THAN FAMILY"
CHAPTER XIV
FOR LIFE AND A THRONE
CHAPTER XV
A QUESTION IN THEOLOGY
CHAPTER XVI
TOO SLOW AND TOO FAST
CHAPTER XVII
STEPHEN LA MOTHE ASKS THE WRONG QUESTION
CHAPTER XVIII
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
CHAPTER XIX
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
CHAPTER XX
THE LAST STAND
CHAPTER XXI
DENOUNCED
CHAPTER XXII
"WE MUST SAVE HER TOGETHER"
CHAPTER XXIII
JEAN SAXE IS EXPLICIT
CHAPTER XXIV
A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOUR
CHAPTER XXV
"IT IS A TRAP"
CHAPTER XXVI
COMMINES TAKES ADVICE
CHAPTER XXVII
THE SUCCESS OF FAILURE
CHAPTER XXVIII
PHILIP DE COMMINES, DIPLOMATIST
CHAPTER XXIX
THE PRICE OF A LATE BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXX
"LOVE IS MY LIFE"
CHAPTER XXXI
SAXE RISES IN VILLON'S ESTIMATION
CHAPTER XXXII
LA MOTHE FULFILS HIS COMMISSION
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE ARREST
CHAPTER XXXIV
LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
CHAPTER XXXV
THE DAWN BROADENS
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Hamilton Drummond
Published by Good Press, 2019
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With Louis the one sole question had ever been, Does it advantage France? If it did, then his hand struck or his cunning filched, careless of right or privileges. As he had said, and said truly, France came first. It was his one justification for the unjustifiable. No! Never such a nation-builder and never a man so feared and hated for valid cause. He was the King of the greatest, the most powerful France Europe had ever known, but it was a miserable France, a France seething with wretchedness, with discontent, and each hour he went in terror for his life. Only a few, such as Commines himself, could foresee how great would one day be the power of these weak, antagonistic states he had so ruthlessly welded into one. For the rest, France was so full of unhappiness and dread that the Dauphin might well be the centre of a plot, a plot to murder the father in the son's name for the relief of the nation. But was the Dauphin himself concerned in the plot, or had he that knowledge which, prince though he was, laid him open to the penalty for blood-guiltiness? These were the questions which troubled Commines.
Clearly—and as he followed his train of thought he turned aside, his hands locked behind him, his head bowed, and walked up and down in the shadow flung by the gloomy range of buildings which cut the courtyard into two halves—clearly the King had no doubt: clearly the despatch had left no room for doubt. Or else—the thought was contemptible, but it refused to be thrust aside—the King wished to have no room for doubt. The frown deepened on Commines' face as he remembered how often the King's wishes had been master of the truth.
