A NOVEL BY ANTHONY HOPE
Reading edition
Author of The Chronicles of Count Antonio—The Prisoner of Zenda—The God in the Car—Phroso—Rupert of Hentzau, etc.
NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1899
Copyright, 1898, 1899, By ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS.
All rights reserved.
"I'm not a king for my own pleasure." (See page 14.)
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I.— A pious hyperbole 1
II.— A bird without wings 11
III.— Some secret opinions 22
IV.— Two of my makers 34
V.— Something about Victoria 47
VI.— A student of love affairs 60
VII.— Things not to be noticed 73
VIII.— Destiny in a pinafore 84
IX.— Just what would happen 96
X.— Of a political appointment 109
XI.— An act of abdication 122
XII.— King at a price 136
XIII.— I promise not to laugh 151
XIV.— Pleasure takes leave to protest 165
XV.— The hair-dresser waits 179
XVI.— A chase of two phantoms 193
XVII.— Decidedly mediæval 207
XVIII.— William Adolphus hits the mark 219
XIX.— Great promotion 233
XX.— An interesting parallel 248
XXI.— On the art of falling soft 261
XXII.— Ut puto, vestis fio 275
XXIII.— A paradox of sensibility 290
XXIV.— What a question! 304
XXV.— A smack of repetition 318
XXVI.— The secret of the Countess 334
XXVII.— Of grazes on the knee 349
XXVIII.— As Bederhof arranged 363
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
"I'm not a king for my own pleasure" Frontispiece
Hammerfeldt came to me and kissed my hand 43
The firelight played on the hand that held the screen 102
"My ransom," said I. "The price of my freedom" 148
"On my honour, a pure accident," said Varvilliers 215
"Why, what brings you here?" I cried 262
"My dear friend, have you forgotten me?" 293
"I'll try—I'll try to make you happy" 342