THE WILD GEESE

Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	On Board the "Cormorant" Sloop	1
II.	Morristown	15
III.	A Scion of Kings	27
IV.	"Stop Thief!"	42
V.	The Mess-room at Tralee	57
VI.	The Maître d'Armes	72
VII.	Bargaining	90
VIII.	An After-dinner Game	103
IX.	Early Risers	119
X.	A Council of War	136
XI.	A Message for the Young Master	154
XII.	The Sea Mist	171

XIII.	A Slip	187
XIV.	The Colonel's Terms	202
XV.	Femina Furens	218
XVI.	The Marplot	235
XVII.	The Limit	251
XVIII.	A Counterplot	268
XIX.	Peine Forte et Dure	285
XX.	An Unwelcome Visitor	301
XXI.	The Key	320
XXII.	The Scene in the Passage	336
XXIII.	Behind the Yews	350
XXIV.	The Pitcher at the Well	368
XXV.	Peace	378

CHIPPINGE BOROUGH

By Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I.	The Dissolution.
II.	The Spirit of the Storm.
III.	Two Letters.
IV.	Tantivy! Tantivy! Tantivy!
V.	Rosy-fingered Dawn.
VI.	The Patron of Chippinge.
VII.	The Winds of Autumn.
VIII.	A Sad Misadventure.
IX.	The Bill for Giving Everybody Everything.
X.	The Queen's Square Academy for Young Ladies.
XI.	Don Giovanni Flixton.
XII.	A Rotten Borough.
XIII.	The Vermuyden Dinner.
XIV.	Miss Sibson's Mistake.
XV.	Mr. Pybus's Offer.
XVI.	Less than a Hero.
XVII.	The Chippinge Election.
XVIII.	The Chippinge Election (Continued).
XIX.	The Fruits of Victory.
XX.	A Plot Unmasked.
XXI.	A Meeting of Old Friends.
XXII.	Women's Hearts.
XXIII.	In the House.
XXIV.	A Right and Left.
XXV.	At Stapylton.
XXVI.	The Scene in the Hall.
XXVII.	Wicked Shifts.
XXVIII.	Once More, Tantivy!
XXIX.	Autumn Leaves.
XXX.	The Mayor's Reception in Queen's Square.
XXXI.	Sunday in Bristol.
XXXII.	The Affray at the Palace.
XXXIII.	Fire.
XXXIV.	Hours of Darkness.
XXXV.	The Morning of Monday.
XXXVI.	Forgiveness.
XXXVII.	In the Mourning Coach.
XXXVIII.	Threads and Patches.

A LITTLE WIZARD

By Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I.	Pattenhall.
II.	Malham High Moors.
III.	Langdale's Horse.
IV.	The Meal Chest
V.	Treasure Trove.
VI.	Dead Sea Apples.
VII.	The Wooden Cross.
VIII.	A Strange Trial.
IX.	His Excellency's Judgment.

THE ABBESS OF VLAYE

By Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS.

CHAP.
	INTRODUCTION--A King in Council.
I.	Villeneuve-l'Abbesse.
II.	The Tower Chamber.
III.	Still Waters Troubled.
IV.	The Dilemma.
V.	The Captain of Vlaye.
VI.	In the Hay-field.
VII.	A Soldiers' Frolic.
VIII.	Father Angel.
IX.	Speedy Justice.
X.	Midnight Alarms.
XI.	The Chapel by the Ford.
XII.	The Peasants' Camp.

XIII.	Hostages.
XIV.	Saint and Sinner.
XV.	Fears.
XVI.	To Do or Not to Do?
XVII.	The Heart of Cain.
XVIII.	Two in the Mill.
XIX.	The Captain of Vlaye's Condition.
XX.	The Abbess Moves.
XXI.	The Castle Of Vlaye.
XXII.	A Night by the River.
XXIII.	The Bride's Dot.
XXIV.	Fors l'Amour.
XXV.	His Last Ride.

FOR THE CAUSE

By Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS.

King Pepin And Sweet Clive.

The Deanery Ball.

The Professor and the Harpy.

Archdeacon Hodden's Tribulation.

MY LADY ROTHA

By Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I.	Heritzburg.
II.	The Countess Rotha.
III.	The Burgomaster's Demand.
IV.	The Fire Alight.
V.	Marie Wort.
VI.	Rupert the Great.
VII.	The Pride of Youth.
VIII.	A Catastrophe.
IX.	Walnuts of Gold.
X.	The Camp in the Forest.
XI.	Stolen.
XII.	Near The Edge.
XIII.	Our Quarters.
XIV.	The Opening of a Duel.
XV.	The Duel Continued.
XVI.	The General's Banquet.
XVII.	Stalhanske's Finns.
XVIII.	A Sudden Expedition.

XIX.	In a Green Valley.
XX.	More Haste, Less Speed.
XXI.	Among the Wounded.
XXII.	Greek and Greek.
XXIII.	The Flight.
XXIV.	Missing.
XXV.	Nuremberg.
XXVI.	The Face at the Window.
XXVII.	The House in the Churchyard.
XXVIII.	Under the Tiles.
XXIX.	In the House by St. Austin's.
XXX.	The End of the Day.
XXXI.	The Trial.
XXXII.	A Poor Guerdon.
XXXIII.	Two Men.
XXXIV.	Suspense.
XXXV.	St. Bartholomew's Day.
XXXVI.	A Wingless Cupid.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Death Of Tzerclas. Frontispiece

. . . she came presently to me with a bowl of broth in her hands and a timid smile on her lips.

. . . with her own hands she drove the nail.... Then she turned.

. . . Ludwig, all his indifference cast to the winds, continued to stamp and scream.

The general waited on her with the utmost attention, riding by her bridle-rein.

We were alone. . . . I whispered in her ear.

Before I could recover myself a pair of strong arms closed round mine and bound them to my sides.

But with all--she controlled herself. She rose stiffly from her seat.

LAID UP IN LAVENDER

Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS

LADY BETTY'S INDISCRETION.

THE SURGEON'S GUEST.

THE COLONEL'S BOY.

A GOOD MAN'S DILEMMA.

JOANNA'S BRACELET.

THE BODY-BIRDS OF COURT.

THE VICAR'S SECRET.

THE OTHER ENGLISHMAN.

KING PEPIN AND SWEET CLIVE.

FAMILY PORTRAITS.

OVINGTON'S BANK

By Stanley J. Weyman

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XXVIII.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.