The House of de Mailly
Reading edition
A Romance
By
Margaret Horton Potter
Illustrated by A. I. Keller
New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers 1901
Copyright, 1901, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
TO MY DEAREST FRIENDS AND KINDLIEST CRITICS MARIE AND FREDERIC GOOKIN THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
CONTENTS
Book I
CLAUDE
CHAPTER
I. M. De Gêvres Entertains II. The Toilet III. The Gallery Of Mirrors IV. Marly V. The Chapel VI. Claude's Farewell
Book II
DEBORAH
I. A Ship Comes In II. Dr. Carroll's Idea III. The Plantation IV. Annapolis V. Sambo VI. Claude's Memories VII. The Pearls VIII. The Governor's Ball IX. The Rector, The Count, And Sir Charles X. Puritan And Courtier XI. Distant Versailles
Book III
THE POST
I. From Metz II. The Disgrace III. November Thirteenth IV. Claude's Own V. Two Presentations VI. Snuff-Boxes VII. Concerning Monsieur Maurepas VIII. Deep Waters IX. The Duke Swims X. "Vol-au-Vent Royale" XI. "Thy Glory" XII. One More de Mailly? XIII. The Hôtel de Ville XIV. Victorine Makes End XV. Deborah EPILOGUE. A Trail on the Water
ILLUSTRATIONS
"THE PAPER DROPPED TO THE FLOOR" ... Frontispiece
"DE MAILLY HAD THROWN SIX AND SIX"
"'CLAUDE, TAKE THIS AND THROW IT OUT—THERE'"
"HE SUDDENLY STOPPED AND TURNED HIS HEAD TOWARDS HER"
"'I—GIVE YOU ONLY THIS'"
"THE YOUNG MAN ROSE AND BOWED"
"CLAUDE SAT SUDDENLY UP IN BED"
"SURROUNDED BY A GROUP OF PICKANINNIES"
"HORSE AND RIDER HAD FLASHED OUT AT THE GATE"
"'GO ON, MONSIEUR,' MURMURED DEBORAH"
"DEBORAH PERMITTED HIM TO LEAD HER FROM THE BALLROOM"
"'I AM NOT THE DUCHESS OF CHÂTEAUROUX!'"