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James Grant. The Royal Regiment, and Other Novelettes
The Royal Regiment, and Other Novelettes
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THE ROYAL REGIMENT
CHAPTER I. THE RUTHVENS OF ARDGOWRIE
CHAPTER II. THE FATAL DAY OF THE RUTHVENS
CHAPTER III. THE CABINET OF SCINDIA
CHAPTER IV "PONTIUS PILATE'S GUARDS."
CHAPTER V. AURELIA DARNEL
CHAPTER VI. COLONEL SMASH
CHAPTER VII "LOVE WAS YET THE LORD OF ALL."
CHAPTER VIII. THE INSURRECTION
CHAPTER IX. THE ABDUCTION OF AURELIA
CHAPTER X. THE END GROWING NEAR
CHAPTER XI. ST. EUSTACHE STORMED
CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION
THE SECRET MARRIAGE
THE STUDENT'S STORY
CLARE THORNE'S TEMPTATION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
THE GREAT SEA SERPENT
MILITARY "FOLK LORE."
CHAPTER I. THE RED COAT; A FEW NOTES CONCERNING ITS. ORIGIN AND HISTORY
CHAPTER II. FURTHER NOTES ON ITS HISTORY AND ON REGIMENTALS
CHAPTER III. FAMOUS AND ANCIENT BANNERS
CHAPTER IV. FAMOUS AND ANCIENT CANNON
STORY OF A MERCHANT CAPTAIN
THE STORY OF RENÉE OF ANGERS
ANNA SCHONLEBEN
LAURA WENLOCK'S CHRISTMAS EVE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
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James Grant
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The first was the last will and testament of his grandfather General Roland Ruthven, and the latter was a confession written by his father concerning it.
"My God—oh that this could ever be the case!" exclaimed Roland in a broken and hollow voice, as he read them. Philip, the elder brother, had in some mysterious manner incurred the high displeasure of the general, who bequeathed his entire estate and fortune to Patrick, the younger; but, repenting, had executed a second will superseding the first; and this will, Roland's father had found and suppressed, while, with a curse upon their father's name and memory, Philip believing himself to be disinherited, went forth into the world and was heard of no more!
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