“MY MERRY ROCKHURST”
Reading edition
By Agnes & Egerton Castle
THE PRIDE OF JENNICO
“IF YOUTH BUT KNEW!”
THE SECRET ORCHARD
ROSE OF THE WORLD
THE STAR-DREAMER
THE HOUSE OF ROMANCE
THE BATH COMEDY
INCOMPARABLE BELLAIRS
THE HEART OF LADY ANNE
By Egerton Castle
YOUNG APRIL
THE LIGHT OF SCARTHEY
CONSEQUENCES
MARSHFIELD THE OBSERVER
LE ROMAN DU PRINCE OTHON
THE JERNINGHAM LETTERS
ENGLISH BOOK-PLATES
SCHOOLS AND MASTERS OF FENCE
ETC.
Through the open window, out of the darkness, gathered a heavy rumble of wheels; then again uprose the call of the bell, the cry of the hoarse voice: “Bring out your dead!” (See p. 293.)
“MY MERRY ROCKHURST”
BEING SOME EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF VISCOUNT ROCKHURST, A FRIEND OF KING CHARLES THE SECOND, AND AT ONE TIME CONSTABLE OF HIS MAJESTY’S TOWER OF LONDON
RECOUNTED BY AGNES & EGERTON CASTLE
AUTHORS OF “THE PRIDE OF JENNICO,” “‘IF YOUTH BUT KNEW!’” “ROSE OF THE WORLD,” ETC.
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1907
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Copyright, 1907, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1907.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
TO RANDOLPH HENRY STEWART ELEVENTH EARL OF GALLOWAY HEAD OF THE ANCIENT HOUSE OF STEWART THIS STORY IS DEDICATED WITH THE AUTHORS’ AFFECTIONATE REGARD
Sept. 1, 1907.