PETTICOAT RULE
BY
BARONESS ORCZY
1909
CONTENTS
PART I
THE GIRL
CHAPTER PAGE
I. —A Farewell Banquet 3
II. —The Rulers of France 10
III. —Pompadour's Choice 23
IV. —A Woman's Surrender 32
V. —The First Trick 45
VI. —A False Position 51
VII. —The Young Pretender 58
VIII. —The Last Trick 72
IX. —The Winning Hand 82
PART II
THE STATESMAN
X. —The Beggar on Horseback 95
XI. —La Belle Irène 103
XII. —The Promises of France 112
XIII. —The Weight of Etiquette 127
XIV. —Royal Favours 136
XV. —Diplomacy 148
XVI. —Strangers 160
PART III
THE WOMAN
XVII. —Splendid Isolation 179
XVIII. —Clever Tactics 185
XIX. —A Crisis 201
XX. —A Farewell 212
XXI. —Royal Thanks 215
XXII. —Paternal Anxiety 221
XXIII. —The Queen's Soirée 228
XXIV. —Gossip 233
XXV. —The First Doubt 238
XXVI. —The Awful Certitude 245
XXVII. —A Fall 267
XXVIII. —Husband and Wife 276
XXIX. —The Fate of the Stuart Prince 294
XXX. —M. de Stainville's Seconds 308
XXXI. —The Final Disappointment 321
XXXII. —The Dawn 328
XXXIII. —The Ride 333
XXXIV. —"Le Monarque" 338
XXXV. —The Stranger 349
XXXVI. —Revenge 359
XXXVII. —The Letter 370
XXXVIII. —The Home in England 375
LORD TONY'S WIFE
AN ADVENTURE OF THE
SCARLET PIMPERNEL
BY
BARONESS ORCZY
[vii]
CONTENTS
PAGE
Prologue: Nantes, 1789 11
BOOK ONE: BATH, 1793
CHAPTER
I. The Moor 43
II. The Bottom Inn 50
III. The Assembly Rooms 78
IV. The Father 100
V. The Nest 109
VI. The Scarlet Pimpernel 123
VII. Marguerite 130
VIII. The Road to Portishead 134
IX. The Coast of France 147
BOOK TWO: NANTES, DECEMBER, 1793
I. The Tiger's Lair 163
II. Le Bouffay 195
III. The Fowlers 212
IV. The Net 234
V. The Message of Hope 256
VI. The Rat Mort 267
VII. The Fracas in the Tavern 279
VIII. The English Adventurers 299
IX. The Proconsul 313
X. Lord Tony 327
THE TANGLED SKEIN
BY
THE BARONESS ORCZY
1907
CONTENTS
PART I
MIRRAB—THE WITCH
CHAP. PAGE
I. East Molesey Fair 11
II. The Witch's Tent 17
III. Mischief Brewing 23
IV. Friends and Enemies 28
V. Ladies and Gallants 33
VI. The Lady Ursula 41
VII. His Grace of Wessex 46
VIII. Silken Bonds 52
IX. The Veiled Witch 59
PART II
THE LADY URSULA
X. A Bevy of Fair Maidens 73
XI. The Fairest of Them All 80
XII. Intrigues 88
XIII. His Eminence 93
XIV. The Destinies of Europe 99
XV. The Hand of Fate 103
XVI. The Ultimatum 114
XVII. An Armed Truce 120
XVIII. The Veiled Witch 127
PART III
A GAME OF CHESS
XIX. The Pawns 139
XX. Departure 153
XXI. The Black Knight 159
XXII. The White Queen 168
XXIII. Check to the Queen 177
XXIV. Check to the King 187
XXV. The Cardinal's Move 192
XXVI. The Provocation 198
XXVII. The Fight 204
XXVIII. The Sequel of the Comedy 210
XXIX. Check-Mate 217
PART IV
HIS GRACE OF WESSEX
XXX. Thoughts 225
XXXI. Marye, the Queene 229
XXXII. A Bargain 243
XXXIII. In the Lord Chancellor's Court 252
XXXIV. Westminster Hall 269
XXXV. The Trial 279
XXXVI. Afterwards 294
XXXVII. The Cardinal's Puppets 300
XXXVIII. The Last Farewell 306
XXXIX. A Forlorn Hope 314
XL. Poor Mirrab 318
XLI. The End 331
BEAU BROCADE
A ROMANCE
BY THEBARONESS ORCZY
1912
CONTENTS
PART I.-THE FORGE.
CHAP.
BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
THE FORGE OF JOHN STICH
THE FUGITIVE
JOCK MIGGS, THE SHEPHERD
"THERE'S NONE LIKE HER, NONE!"
A SQUIRE OF HIGH DEGREE
THE HALT AT THE MOORHEN
THE REJECTED SUITOR
SIR HUMPHREY'S FAMILIAR
A STRANGER AT THE FORGE
THE STRANGER'S NAME
THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE ROSE
A PROPOSAL AND A THREAT
THE FIGHT IN THE FORGE
PART II.-THE HEATH.
THE OUTLAW
A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH
A FAITHFUL FRIEND
MOONLIGHT ON THE HEATH
HIS OATH
PART III.-BRASSINGTON.
A THRILLING NARRATIVE
MASTER MITTACHIP'S IDEA
AN INTERLUDE
A DARING PLAN
HIS HONOUR, SQUIRE WEST
SUCCESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT
THE MAN HUNT
JOCK MIGGS'S ERRAND
THE QUARRY
THE DAWN
PART IV.-H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.
SUSPENSE
"WE'VE GOTTEN BEAU BROCADE"
A PAINFUL INCIDENT
THE AWAKENING
A LIFE FOR A LIFE
QUITS
THE AGONY OF PARTING
REPARATION
THE JOY OF RE-UNION
HIS MAJESTY'S WELL-BELOVED
AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF MR. THOMAS BETTERTON AS TOLD BY
HIS FRIEND JOHN HONEYWOOD
BY BARONESS ORCZY
1919
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
How it all Began
The Rift Within the Lute
A Criminal Folly
More than a Passing Fancy
The Outrage
The Gathering Storm
An Assembly of Traitors
The Lion's Wrath
A Last Chance
The Hour
Rumours and Conjectures
Poisoned Arrows
The Lady Pleads
The Ruling Passion
More Deaf than Adders
The Game of Love
LEATHERFACE
A TALE OF OLD FLANDERS
BY BARONESS ORCZY
1916
CONTENTS
Prologue: Mons, September, 1572
BOOK ONE; BRUSSELS
CHAPTER
The Blood Council
The Subject Race
The Ruling Caste
Justice
Vengeance
BOOK TWO: DENDERMONDE
A Stranger in a Strange Land
The Rebels
The Watcher in the Night
A Divided Duty
Enemies
Utter Loneliness
BOOK THREE: GHENT
Reprisals
My Faithful Watch-dog
The Tyrants
Two Pictures
The Right to Die
Truth and Perfidy
The Last Stand
The Hour of Victory
Epilogue
A Sheaf of Bluebells
By Baroness Orczy
1917
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE.
I. —The Masters of France 1
II. —The Return of the Natives 11
III. —The Hermits of La Vieuville 27
IV. —Kindred 42
V. —The Springtime of the Year 59
VI. —The Legend of St. Front 73
VII. —The Silent Pool 78
VIII. —The General 101
IX. —The Cooing of the Pigeons 117
X. —The Foundries of La Frontenay 126
XI. —The First Trick 143
XII. —A Fool and his Folly 157
XIII. —After a Year 174
XIV. —The Tool 188
XV. —A Note of Warning 196
XVI. —The Irreparable 212
XVII. —A Last Appeal 227
XVIII. —The Word of the Master 239
XIX. —The Parting of the Ways 254
XX. —The Straw 265
XXI. —The Crash of the Storm 279
XXII. —Heaven and Earth 296
XXIII. —An Hour's Folly 311
XXIV. —After the Storm 324
XXV. —The White Pigeon 344