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Ninety-Three

VICTOR HUGO

Aline Delano translation

Translated by Mrs. Aline Delano

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1889

CONTENTS

NINETY-THREE.

PART I. — AT SEA.

BOOK I. — THE FOREST OF LA SAUDRAIE.

BOOK II. — THE CORVETTE "CLAYMORE."

I. ENGLAND AND FRANCE UNITED

II. NIGHT WITH THE SHIP AND THE PASSENGER

III. PATRICIAN AND PLEBEIAN UNITED

IV. TORMENTUM BELLI

V. VIS ET VIR

VI. THE TWO ENDS OF THE SCALE

VII. HE WHO SETS SAIL INVESTS IN A LOTTERY

VIII. 9 : 380

IX. SOME ONE ESCAPES

X. DOES HE ESCAPE?

BOOK III. — HALMALO.

I. SPEECH IS WORD

II. A PEASANT'S MEMORY IS WORTH AS MUCH AS THE CAPTAIN'S SCIENCE

BOOK IV. — TELLMARCH.

I. ON THE TOP OF THE DUNE

II. AURES HABET, ET NON AUDIET

III. THE USEFULNESS OF BIG LETTERS

IV. THE CAIMAND

V. WHEN HE AWOKE IT WAS DAYLIGHT

VI. THE VICISSITUDES OF CIVIL WAR

VII. NO MERCY! NO QUARTER!

PART II. —AT PARIS.

BOOK I. — CIMOURDAIN.

I. THE STREETS OF PARIS AT THAT TIME

II. CIMOURDAIN

III. A CORNER NOT DIPPED INTO THE STYX

BOOK II. — THE POT-HOUSE OP THE RUE DU PAON.

I. MINOS, ÆACUS, AND RHADAMANTHUS

II. MAGNA TESTANTUR VOCE PER UMBRAS

III. A QUIVERING OF THE INMOST FIBRES

BOOK III. — THE CONVENTION.

I. THE CONVENTION

II. MARAT IN THE GREEN-ROOM

PART III. — IN THE VENDÉE.

BOOK I. — THE VENDÉE.

I. THE FORESTS

II. MEN

III. CONNIVANCE OF MEN AND FORESTS

IV. THEIR LIFE UNDER GROUND

V. THEIR LIFE IN WARFARE

VI. THE SOUL OF THE EARTH PASSES INTO MAN

VII. THE VENDÉE HAS RUINED BRITTANY

BOOK II. — THE THREE CHILDREN.

I. PLUS QUAM CIVILIA BELLA

II. DOL

III. SMALL ARMIES AND GREAT BATTLES

IV. A SECOND TIME

V. A DROP OF COLD WATER

VI. A HEALED BREAST, BUT A BLEEDING HEART

VII. THE TWO POLES OF TRUTH

VIII. DOLOROSA

IX. A PROVINCIAL BASTILE

LA TOURGUE THE BREACH THE OUBLIETTE THE BRIDGE-CASTLE THE IRON DOOR THE LIBRARY THE GRANARY

X. THE HOSTAGES

XI. TERRIBLE AS THE ANTIQUE

XII. THE RESCUE PLANNED

XIII. WHAT THE MARQUIS IS DOING

XIV. WHAT THE IMÂNUS IS DOING

BOOK III. — THE MASSACRE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW.

I. THE MASSACRE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW

BOOK IV. — THE MOTHER.

I. DEATH PASSES

II. DEATH SPEAKS

III. MUTTERINGS AMONG THE PEASANTS

IV. A MISTAKE

V. VOX IN DESERTO

VI. THE SITUATION

VII. PRELIMINARIES

VIII. THE SPEECH AND THE ROAR

IX. TITANS AGAINST GIANTS

X. RADOUB

XI. THE DESPERATE

XII. THE DELIVERER

XIII. THE EXECUTIONER

XIV. THE IMÂNUS ALSO ESCAPES

XV. NEVER PUT A WATCH AND KEY IN THE SAME POCKET

BOOK V. — IN DÆMONE DEUS.

I. FOUND, BUT LOST

II. FROM THE DOOR OF STONE TO THAT OF IRON

III. WHERE THE SLEEPING CHILDREN WAKE

BOOK VI. — AFTER VICTORY, STRUGGLE BEGINS.

I. LANTENAC TAKEN

II. GAUVAIN MEDITATING

III. THE COMMANDER'S HOOD

BOOK VII. — FEUDALITY AND REVOLUTION.

I. THE ANCESTOR

II. THE COURT-MARTIAL

III. THE VOTES

IV. AFTER CIMOURDAIN THE JUDGE, CIMOURDAIN THE MASTER

V. THE DUNGEON

VI. STILL THE SUN RISES

ILLUSTRATIONS

They are obtained from the French 1876 edition, published in Paris by E. Hugues.

Drawings are by: Émile Bayard, G. Brion, Karl Bodmer, Férat, Ferdinandus, Gilbert, Godefroy-Durand, Victor Hugo, Lançon, Lix, D. Maillart, Edmond Morin, Miss Patterson, Riou, H. Scott, Daniel Vierge.

Etchings are by: Bellenger, Chapon, Froment, Hildibrand, Laplante, Léveillé, Martin, Méaulle, Moller, Morand, Stéphane Pannemaker, Perrichon, Poeget, Quenel, Soupey, Tilly.

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