CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. An Insolent Memory 1 II. The Coining of a Nickname 14 III. Mrs. Dennison's Orders 26 IV. Two Young Gentlemen 39 V. A Telegram to Frankfort 52 VI. Whose shall it be? 66 VII. An Attempt to stop the Wheels 81 VIII. Converts and Heretics 96 IX. An Oppressive Atmosphere 108 X. A Lady's Bit of Work 120 XI. Against his Coming 134 XII. It can wait 148 XIII. A Spasm of Penitence 160 XIV. The Thing or the Man 173 XV. The Work of a Week 185 XVI. The Last Barriers 200 XVII. A Sound in the Night 217 XVIII. On the Matter of a Railway 231 XIX. Past praying for 248 XX. The Baron's Contribution 258 XXI. A Joint in his Armour 271 XXII. A Toast in Champagne 287 XXIII. The Cutting of the Knot 304 XXIV. The Return of a Friend 317 XXV. The Moving Car 332
CONTENTS PAGE Sport Royal: Chapter I. The Sequel to the Ball, 1 “II. At the Hôtel Magnifique, 31 “III. The Mission of the Ruby, 54 A Tragedy in Outline, 99 A Malapropos Parent, 102 How they Stopped the “Run,” 115 A Little Joke, 126 A Guardian of Morality, 139 Not a Bad Deal, 154 Middleton’s Model, 169 My Astral Body, 185 The Nebraska Loadstone, 204 A Successful Rehearsal, 216
CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. "INKPAT!" 1 II. A CASE OF NECESSITY 10 III. 'IN SOLUTION' 20 IV. KEEPING A PROMISE 31 V. THE GREAT ALLIES 42 VI. FRUIT OF THE TREE 53 VII. A CODE AND A THEORY 64 VIII. SUBVERSIVE 74 IX. NO PROCEEDINGS! 85 X. MAUVE ENVELOPES 96 XI. AN UNMENTIONED NAME 107 XII. CHRISTMAS IN WOBURN SQUARE 119 XIII. CHRISTMAS AT SHAYLOR'S PATCH 131 XIV. A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION 143 XV. MRS. NOBODY 155 XVI. A WORD TAKEN AT PLEASURE 167 XVII. THE TRACK OF THE RAIDER 180 XVIII. NOTHING SERIOUS 193 XIX. A POINT OF HONOUR 206 XX. AN HEROIC OFFER 219 XXI. IS HE A BULLY? 233 XXII. JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY 247 XXIII. THE REGIMENT 261 XXIV. AN ENLIGHTENMENT 274 XXV. "PERHAPS!" 286 XXVI. A FRIEND DEPARTS 300 XXVII. A PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECT 311 XXVIII. THE VIEW FROM A HOUSE 323 XXIX. IN THE RESULT 337
THE HEART OF PRINCESS OSRA By ANTHONY HOPE 1895
CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE. I. The Happiness of Stephen the Smith 1 II. The Wager of the Marquis de Mérosailles 51 III. The Madness of Lord Harry Culverhouse 79 IV. The Courtesy of Christian the Highwayman 100 V. The Sin of the Bishop of Modenstein 131 VI. The Device of Giraldo the Painter 175 VII. The Indifference of the Miller of Hofbau 201 VIII. The Love of the Prince of Glottenberg 226 IX. The Victory of the Grand Duke of Mittenheim 258 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. "'Kill him for me, then; kill him for me'" Frontispiece "'Take her and be happy'" 11 "Stephen stood on the threshold with his staff in his hand" 37 The physician receives Princess Osra 56 "'Madame, if you will, you can do me a great service'" 101 "With either hand he drew a silver-mounted pistol" 114 "She asked the officer why a throng of people hastened to the city" 118 "'My lord, where is the Princess?'" 160 "He drove his sword into his body, and the Count gave back before it" 165 "He walked with his head down and his eyes on the ground" 171 "He took it and drained it" 204 "On either side of it sat the priest of the village and the Miller of Hofbau" 215 "'Forgive me, forgive me!'" 252 "A young man sprang up, and, with a low bow, drew aside to let her pass" 259 "'You are the beauty of the world,' he answered smiling" 263