In the Day of Adversity
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John Bloundelle-Burton. In the Day of Adversity
PREFACE
THE FIRST PERIOD
CHAPTER I "THE KING'S COMMAND."
CHAPTER II. HOSPITALITY!
CHAPTER III. IT IS THE MAN
CHAPTER IV "HER LIFE STANDS IN THE PATH OF OTHERS' GREED."
CHAPTER V. THE GRAVEYARD
CHAPTER VI. A LITTLE LIGHT
CHAPTER VII. A REASON
CHAPTER VIII. DRAWING NEAR
CHAPTER IX. A ROYAL SUMMONS
CHAPTER X. MADAME LA MARQUISE
CHAPTER XI. THE MARQUISE TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER XII. LOST
CHAPTER XIII. DE ROQUEMAURE'S WORK
CHAPTER XIV "I MUST SPEAK!"
CHAPTER XV. THE MINISTER OF WAR
CHAPTER XVI. PASQUEDIEU!
CHAPTER XVII "KILL HIM DEAD, RAOUL!"
THE SECOND PERIOD
CHAPTER XVIII. LA GALÈRE GRANDE RÉALE
CHAPTER XIX "A NEW LIFE."
CHAPTER XX "HURRY, HURRY, HURRY!"
CHAPTER XXI. MAY, 1692
CHAPTER XXII. LA HOGUE
CHAPTER XXIII. THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH
CHAPTER XXIV. ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER XXV "I KNOW YOUR FACE."
CHAPTER XXVI. IN THE SNARE
CHAPTER XXVII. ANOTHER ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FLEUR-DE-LIS
CHAPTER XXIX. FAREWELL HOPE!
CHAPTER XXX "IT IS TRUE."
CHAPTER XXXI. ST. GEORGES'S DOOM
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST CHANCE
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DAY OF EXECUTION
CHAPTER XXXIV "I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HER."
CHAPTER XXXV. AT LAST
CONCLUSION
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All over Franche-Comté the snow had fallen for three days unceasingly, yet through it for those three days a man – a soldier – had ridden, heading his course north, for Paris.
Wrapped in his cloak, and prevented from falling by his bridle arm, he bore a little child – a girl some three years old – on whom, as the cloak would sometimes become disarranged, he would look down fondly, his firm, grave features relaxing into a sad smile as the blue eyes of the little creature gazed upward and smiled into his own face. Then he would whisper a word of love to it, press it closer to his great breast, and again ride on.
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"Why, why, monsieur, do you desire that no one should know where she is? Why keep her existence a secret? Surely there are none who would harm so innocent a little thing as that?"
He paused a moment, looking down at her from his great height as though meditating deeply; then he said:
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