TeklaFront matterReading editionChapter navigation47 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTEKLAChapter I · THE EMPEROR ENTERS TREVES.Chapter II · THE ARCHER INTRODUCES HIMSELF.Chapter III · LISTENERS HEAR LITTLE GOOD OF THEMSELVES.Chapter IV · THE EMPEROR DISAPPEARS.Chapter V · LOVE LEADS THE WAY.Chapter VI · AN UNWISHED-FOR MARRIAGE DAY.Chapter VII · THE FLIGHT OF THE COUNTESS.Chapter VIII · THE RAPIER AND THE BROADSWORD.Chapter IX · A PALATIAL PRISON.Chapter X · THE INTERCEPTED FUGITIVES.Chapter XI · IN QUEST OF A WIFE WITH A TROOP OF HORSE.Chapter XII · CUPID'S BOW GIVES PLACE TO THE ARCHER'S.Chapter XIII · THE BLACK COUNT IS PERSUADED NOT TO HANG HIS EMPEROR.Chapter XIV · A RELUCTANT WELCOME.Chapter XV · CASTLE THURON MAKES A FULL MEAL.Chapter XVI · THE COUNTESS TRIES TO TAME THE BEAR.Chapter XVII · THE ENVOY'S DISASTROUS RETURN.Chapter XVIII · A TWO-HANDED SWORD TEACHES DEPORTMENT.Chapter XIX · A MAN AND A WOMAN MEET BY TORCHLIGHT.Chapter XX · A BREAKFAST ON THE TOP OF THE SOUTH TOWER.Chapter XXI · AN EXPERIMENT IN DIPLOMACY.Chapter XXII · THE FIRST ATTACK ON CASTLE THURON.Chapter XXIII · THE TWO ARCHBISHOPS FALL OUT.Chapter XXIV · COUNT BERTRICH EXPLAINS HIS FAILURE.Chapter XXV · THE SECOND ASSAULT ON THE CASTLE.Chapter XXVI · AN ILLUMINATED NIGHT ATTACK ON THURON.Chapter XXVII · THE TWO YEARS' SIEGE BEGINS.Chapter XXVIII · THE SECOND ARCHER ANNOUNCES HIMSELF.Chapter XXIX · CONRAD VENTURES HIS LIFE FOR HIS LOVE.Chapter XXX · THE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK.Chapter XXXI · BRAVE NEWS OF THE EMPEROR.Chapter XXXII · "FOR YOUR LOVE I WOULD DEFY FATE."Chapter XXXIII · A GRIM INTERRUPTION TO A LOVER'S MEETING.Chapter XXXIV · THE BLACK COUNT'S DEFIANCE.Chapter XXXV · THE NIGHT ESCAPE OF THE EMPEROR.Chapter XXXVI · THE FIVE BILLETLESS ARROWS.Chapter XXXVII · THE TRAITOR AND HIS PRICE.Chapter XXXVIII · THE INCOGNITO FALLS.Chapter XXXIX · THE EMPEROR AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY.Chapter XL · THE ARCHBISHOPS ENVIRONED WITH A RING OF IRON.Chapter XLI · "WHY HAVE YOU DARED TO LEVY WAR?"Chapter XLII · TEKLA REPLENISHES HER WARDROBE.Chapter XLIII · THE COUNTESS AND THE EMPEROR.No Field Collection is Complete Without this BookTHE POPULAR NOVELS OF A. W. MARCHMONTBeginning of this editionNext chapter →TEKLAAll chapters and sections (47)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTEKLAChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243Other sectionsNo Field Collection is Complete Without this BookTHE POPULAR NOVELS OF A. W. MARCHMONTTranscriber's Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.◇TEKLA◇title pageTEKLA →