An Enemy to the King

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Robert Neilson Stephens. An Enemy to the King

An Enemy to the King

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I. TWO ENCOUNTERS BY NIGHT II. LOVE-MAKING AT SHORT ACQUAINTANCE III. THE STRANGE REQUEST OF MLLE. D'ARENCY IV. HOW LA TOURNOIRE WAS ENLIGHTENED IN THE DARK V. HOW LA TOURNOIRE ESCAPED FROM PARIS VI. HOW HE FLED SOUTHWARD VII. HOW HE ANNOYED MONSIEUR DE LA CHATRE VIII. A SWEET LADY IN DISTRESS IX. THE FOUR RASCALS X. A DISAPPEARANCE XI. HOW THE HERO GAVE HIS WORD AND KEPT IT XII. AT THE CHÂTEAU OF MAURY XIII. HOW DE BERQUIN INVITED DEATH XIV. "GOD GRANT I DO NOT FIND YOU FALSE" XV. TO CLOCHONNE, AFTER MADEMOISELLE! XVI. BEHIND THE CURTAINS XVII. SWORD AND DAGGER XVIII. THE RIDE TOWARDS GUIENNE. AN ENEMY TO THE KING

CHAPTER I

TWO ENCOUNTERS BY NIGHT

CHAPTER II

LOVE-MAKING AT SHORT ACQUAINTANCE

CHAPTER III

THE STRANGE REQUEST OF MLLE. D'ARENCY

CHAPTER IV

HOW LA TOURNOIRE WAS ENLIGHTENED IN THE DARK

CHAPTER V

HOW LA TOURNOIRE ESCAPED FROM PARIS

MARGUERITE

CHAPTER VI

HOW HE FLED SOUTHWARD

CHAPTER VII

HOW HE ANNOYED MONSIEUR DE LA CHATRE

CHAPTER VIII

A SWEET LADY IN DISTRESS

CHAPTER IX

THE FOUR RASCALS

CHAPTER X

A DISAPPEARANCE

CHAPTER XI

HOW THE HERO GAVE HIS WORD AND KEPT IT

CHAPTER XII

AT THE CHÂTEAU OF MAURY

CHAPTER XIII

HOW DE BERQUIN INVITED DEATH

CHAPTER XIV

"GOD GRANT I DO NOT FIND YOU FALSE!"

CHAPTER XV

TO CLOCHONNE, AFTER MADEMOISELLE

CHAPTER XVI

BEHIND THE CURTAINS

CHAPTER XVII

SWORD AND DAGGER

CHAPTER XVIII

THE RIDE TOWARDS GUIENNE

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Robert Neilson Stephens

From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of the Sieur de la Tournoire

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"Some think she plots with the Duke of Guise, who cannot wait to rule France until Catherine's sons are both dead—but Catherine will make him wait. Others believe that she plots with her Huguenot husband, the King of Navarre, to join him; and that the King keeps her here virtually a prisoner, lest her departure might be taken as a concession to the Huguenots; and, lastly and chiefly, they aver that she plots with her brother Anjou, to help him to join the Huguenots and malcontents as their leader."

"This is very interesting, M. de Rilly; but, pardon me, is it safe to say these things openly at court? I am fresh from the country, and anxious not to blunder."

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