THE CHEVALIER

By Charles Lever

With A Frontispiece By A. D. M’Cormick London Downey And Co., Limited 12 York Street, Covent Garden 1899

CONTENTS

PUBLISHERS’ NOTE GERALD FITZGERALD BOOK THE FIRST. CHAPTER I. THE THIEVES’ CORNER CHAPTER II. THE LEVEE CHAPTER III. THE ALTIERI PALACE CHAPTER IV. THE PRINCE’S CHAMBER CHAPTER V. AFTER DARK CHAPTER VI. THE INTERVIEW CHAPTER VII. THE VILLA AT ORVIETO CHAPTER VIII. THE TANA IN THE MAREMMA CHAPTER IX. THE ‘COUR’ OF THE ALTIERI CHAPTER X. GABRIEL DE——— CHAPTER XI. LAST DAYS AT THE TANA CHAPTER XII. A FOREST SCENE CHAPTER XIII. A CONTRACT CHAPTER XIV. THE ACCIDENTS OF ‘ARTIST’ LIFE CHAPTER XV. A TUSCAN POLICE COURT CHAPTER XVI. THE POET’S HOUSE CHAPTER XVII. A LOVER’S QUARREL CHAPTER XVIII. THE DROP CHAPTER XIX. THE PLAN BOOK THE SECOND. CHAPTER I. THE ‘SALLE DES GARDES’ CHAPTER II. A NIGHT ON DUTY CHAPTER III. THE MISSION CHAPTER IV. A SALON UNDER THE MONARCHY CHAPTER V. A SUDDEN REVERSE CHAPTER VI. A WANDERER BOOK THE THIRD. CHAPTER I. A CARDINAL’S CHAMBER CHAPTER II. A DEATH-BED CHAPTER III. ’LA GABRIELLE’ CHAPTER IV. SOME OF TIME’S CHANGES CHAPTER V. A RECEPTION AT MADAME ROLAND’S CHAPTER VI. ’LA GRUE’ CHAPTER VII. A SUPPER WITH THE ‘FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE’ CHAPTER VIII. THE DÉPÔT DE LA PRÉFECTURE CHAPTER IX. THE PÈRE MASSONI IN HIS CELL CHAPTER X. THE CARDINAL AT HIS DEVOTIONS CHAPTER XI. AN AUDIENCE CHAPTER XII. A JESUIT’S STROKE OF POLICY CHAPTER XIII. THE PÈRE MASSONI’S MISGIVINGS CHAPTER XIV. THE EGYPTIAN CHAPTER XV. THE PÈRE AND THE PRINCESS CHAPTER XVI. INTRIGUE CHAPTER XVII. THE GARDEN AT ORVIETO CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE TIME PASSED AT ORVIETO CHAPTER XIX. TWO VISITORS CHAPTER XX. A WAYWORN ADVENTURER CHAPTER XXI. A FOREST RIDE CHAPTER XXII. ’IL PASTORE’ CHAPTER XXIII. THE END APPENDIX