Front matter
Reading edition
"'By God! d'Argenton, we win in the end,' he broke out, shaking his finger at me."
THE KING'S SCAPEGOAT
BY
HAMILTON DRUMMOND
AUTHOR OF "THE SEVEN HOUSES," "A MAN'S FEAR," ETC., ETC.
FRONTISPIECE BY CYRUS CUNEO
TORONTO THE COPP CLARK CO., LIMITED 1905
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I My Claim to be heard for Truth's Sake II The Bruisings of a Friend III Fire and Sack IV Babette V Paris in "Eighty-Three" VI The Muse in Draggled Skirts VII The Shrewdest Brain in France VIII The Doors of the Louvre only open Inwards IX How I met Mademoiselle the Second Time X Plessis-les-Tours XI The Plot of the Four Nations XII Monseigneur's Counterplot XIII His Most Christian Majesty XIV Monsieur de Commines Explains XX A Lesson in Diplomacy XXI A Mission of Peace XXII South from Plessis XVIII Count Gaston de Foix XIX Mademoiselle Suzanne, Gouvernante XX What Happened at the Grey Leap XXI "I Trust You, Come what May" XXII The Message of a Foot of String XXIII A Rose of Promise XXIV Jean Volran, Tapster, and Translator of Latin XXV In What Way the King Sought the Peace of Navarre XXVI The Justice Hall in Morsigny XXVII "God Keep You, Now and Always" XXVIII A Lie for a Life XXIX How Martin won his Heart's Desire XXX Mademoiselle Speaks XXXI There is Hope—Till Dawn on Sunday XXXII The Mercy of Louis the Eleventh XXXIII "It is the Finger of God!" XXXIV A Race for a Life