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James Grant. The Captain of the Guard
The Captain of the Guard
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE FOUR COFFINS
CHAPTER II. WILLIAM, DUKE OF TOURAINE
CHAPTER III. THE ENTRANCE
CHAPTER IV. THE SISTERS
CHAPTER V. THE ABBOT'S HOUSE
CHAPTER VI. MURIELLE
CHAPTER VII. THE LEGEND OF ST. ANDREW'S CROSS
CHAPTER VIII. I LOVE YOU
CHAPTER IX. THE TWENTY-THIRD OF NOVEMBER
CHAPTER X. FOREBODINGS
CHAPTER XI. THE VIGIL OF ST. CATHARINE
CHAPTER XII. THE BLACK BULL'S HEAD
CHAPTER XIII. THE BLOCK
CHAPTER XIV. THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF NOVEMBER
CHAPTER XV. A SECRET STAIR
CHAPTER XVI. THE CASTLE OF THRAVE
CHAPTER XVII. THE BOWER CHAMBER
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BALCONY
CHAPTER XIX. A FEUDAL LORD
CHAPTER XX. THE MISSION
CHAPTER XXI. GRAY'S DEPARTURE
CHAPTER XXII. THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND
CHAPTER XXIII. OUR LADY OF ANTWERP
CHAPTER XXIV. MAÎTRE BAUDOIN
CHAPTER XXV. SNICK AND SNEE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE ROYAL LETTER
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CASTLE OF ENDHOVEN
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COURT OF GUELDRES
CHAPTER XXIX. A STRANGE RENCONTRE
CHAPTER XXX. BOLD SCHEMES
CHAPTER XXXI. BOMMEL
CHAPTER XXXII. THE CHURCH OF ST. GENEVIEVE
CHAPTER XXXIII. HOUSE OF THE DYCK GRAF
CHAPTER XXXIV. NOON—THE PLOT
CHAPTER XXXV. NIGHT—THE SNARE
CHAPTER XXXVI. DUKE REINALD'S CROSS
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE THIRD EVENING
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A WEDDING NIGHT
CHAPTER XXXIX. A GLANCE AT HISTORY
CHAPTER XL. THE PRISONER
CHAPTER XLI. CRICHTON
CHAPTER XLII. KING JAMES II
CHAPTER XLIII. A LADLEFUL OF GOLD
CHAPTER XLIV. THE BOND
CHAPTER XLV. SIR PATRICK GRAY'S JOURNEY
CHAPTER XLVI. AN UNEXPECTED GUIDE
CHAPTER XLVII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER XLVIII. DOUGLAS AND GRAY
CHAPTER XLIX. THE FATE OF MACLELLAN
CHAPTER L. WILL HE ESCAPE?
CHAPTER LI. STIRLING
CHAPTER LII. HOW THE KING BROKE THE BOND
CHAPTER LIII. THE SIEGE OF THRAVE
CHAPTER LIV. THE DEFIANCE
CHAPTER LV. MOWAN'S MEG
CHAPTER LVI. THE PARLEY
CHAPTER LVII. THE FALL OF THRAVE
EPILOGUE
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James Grant
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"The Fair Maid of Galloway," as she was still named, though a wedded wife, was a dark-haired, black-eyed, and beautiful girl of a proud and imperious aspect, nor could the grace of her lovely head and neck be hidden by the grotesque horned head-gear which towered above her young brow and waved upon her shoulders, glittering with gold and spangles. She wore a long dark yellow riding robe, trimmed with black wolf's fur, and having hanging tabard sleeves, under which could be seen the sleeves of her inner dress, which was cloth of silver, for this was the age of profusion.
The boy-earl, her husband, wore a suit of light-tilting armour, which, though polished as bright as new silver, was almost concealed by his jupon, which was cloth of gold. His helmet was borne by the page who led his horse; and his dark curls and swarthy visage glowing with youth, pride, and satisfaction, his dark sparkling eyes and haughty bearing evinced, how, like his cousin and wife, he inherited the blood of the Black Lord of Liddesdale.
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