THE CLASH OF ARMS
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A ROMANCE
BY
JOHN BLOUNDELLE-BURTON
"MON ÉSPÉE EST SI CARNACIERE QU'À CHASQUE PAS ELLE ME DONNEROIT LA PEINE DE LA TIRER HORS DU FOURREAU."--Brantôme.
NEW AND CHEAPER ISSUE
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published . . . October 1897 Second Edition . . . November 1897 New and Cheaper Issue . 1905
TO MY FRIEND
J. G. J. PENDEREL-BRODHURST
I INSCRIBE THIS ROMANCE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. THE BRAVO
II. THE WRONG THAT WAS DONE
III. ONE SUMMER NIGHT
IV. WHAT HAVE I STUMBLED ON?
V. "HIS NAME IS--WHAT?"
VI. THE VICOMTE DE BOIS-VALLÉE
VII. THE HONOUR OF THE HOUSE
VIII. THE FIRST MEETING
IX. THE FURY OF DESPAIR
X. "THE LITTLE WOOD AT ENTZHEIM"
XI. INNOCENT
XII. A LIKENESS AND A CLUE
XIII. TO REMIREMONT
XIV. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
XV. "HE IS MINE. MUST BE MINE NOW"
XVI. THE HOUSE OF THE ENEMY
XVII. "A WOMAN IS THERE"
XVIII. THE SLEEPERS
XIX. WHERE IS DE BOIS-VALLÉE?
XX. ACROSS THE CHASM
XXI. IN THE ENEMY'S HOUSE
XXII. MARION WYATT
XXIII. L'ÉSPÉE CARNACIERE
XXIV. THE WEIRD WOMAN
XXV. THE UNEXPECTED
XXVI. A TRAPPED WOLF
XXVII. NEARER AND NEARER
XXVIII. ESCAPE
XXIX. THE LAST CHANCE
XXX. FREE
XXXI. THE STORY OF MARION WYATT
XXXII. MORE LIGHT
XXXIII. THE LAST MEETING
XXXIV. ADIEU