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John Bloundelle-Burton. Denounced
CHAPTER I. A HOME COMING
CHAPTER II. A SUBJECT OF KING GEORGE
CHAPTER III. A WOMAN'S LETTER
CHAPTER IV. THE SUBJECTS OF KING JAMES
CHAPTER V. MY LORD GOES OUT OF TOWN
CHAPTER VI. KATE MAKES AN APPOINTMENT
CHAPTER VII "THE BIRD THAT DANCED THE RIGADOON."
CHAPTER VIII "FORTUNE! AN UNRELENTING FOE TO LOVE."
CHAPTER IX. DENOUNCED
CHAPTER X. HOW MY LORD RETURNED HOME
CHAPTER XI. ARCHIBALD'S ESCAPE
CHAPTER XII. HEY! FOR FRANCE
CHAPTER XIII. MAN AND WIFE
CHAPTER XIV. FLIGHT
CHAPTER XV. UNITED
CHAPTER XVI "TREASON HAS DONE HIS WORST."
CHAPTER XVII. GASCONISM
CHAPTER XVIII "WHAT FACE THAT HAUNTS ME?"
CHAPTER XIX "WHICH WAY I FLY IS HELL-MYSELF AM HELL!"
CHAPTER XX. AVENGED
CHAPTER XXI. THE BASTILLE
CHAPTER XXII. DESPAIR!
CHAPTER XXIII. AT LAST
CHAPTER XXIV. BROKEN HEARTS
CHAPTER XXV "HIS HOURS TO THEIR LAST MINUTE MOUNTED."
CHAPTER XXVI. KATE LEARNS SHE IS FREE
CHAPTER XXVII. AFAR OFF STILL
CHAPTER XXVIII "A KIND OF CHANGE CAME IN MY FATE."
CHAPTER XXIX. FREE
CHAPTER XXX. THE MARQUIS GOES HOME
CHAPTER XXXI "AN OUTSTAYED WELCOME."
CHAPTER XXXII "LOVE STRONG AS DEATH!"
APPENDIX
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The month of May, 1746, was drawing to a close, and June was already giving signs of its approach, as my Lord Viscount Fordingbridge sat in the library of his house in Kensington-square and warmed his feet at the fire which, in spite of the genial spring weather, burned pleasantly on the hearth. By his side, on a table, lay the morning papers of the day to which he constantly referred, and which, after each occasion of doing so, he threw down with a very palpable expression of satisfaction.
"In truth," he muttered to himself, "nought could have gone much better. I am safe and-and the necks of all the rest are jeopardised. Jeopardised! Nay! 'tis much worse than that. Those who are caught must surely die, those who are not caught must be so ere long. As for Charles Edward himself he hath escaped. Well, let him go; I have no quarrel with him."
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"Yet he must know, he cannot but know how basely I was deceived. You told me months ago that he had learnt some of the story from your brother's lips, who learnt it from you. Is there no room for pity in his heart? Will he never forgive?"
"If he thinks aught," said the Jesuit, still very gently, to her, "it is that you should never have believed so base a tale. So at least he tells Douglas. To me he has never spoken of the matter."
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