F MY COUNTRYMEN 122

XIV. TRAVELS OF THE COVERED CART 131

XV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ATTORNEY'S CLERK 138

XVI. THE HOME-COMING OF MR. ROWLEY'S VISCOUNT 154

XVII. THE DESPATCH-BOX 163

XVIII. MR. ROMAINE CALLS ME NAMES 172

XIX. THE DEVIL AND ALL AT AMERSHAM PLACE 182

XX. AFTER THE STORM 193

XXI. I BECOME THE OWNER OF A CLARET-COLOURED CHAISE 204

XXII. CHARACTER AND ACQUIREMENTS OF MR. ROWLEY 214

XXIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE RUNAWAY COUPLE 224

XXIV. THE INN-KEEPER OF KIRKBY-LONSDALE 236

XXV. I MEET A CHEERFUL EXTRAVAGANT 244

XXVI. THE COTTAGE AT NIGHT 251

XXVII. THE SABBATH-DAY 261

XXVIII. EVENTS OF MONDAY: THE LAWYER'S PARTY 272

XXIX. EVENTS OF TUESDAY: THE TOILS CLOSING 286

XXX. EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND 298

_The remaining Chapters are by_ A. T. QUILLER-COUCH

XXXI. EVENTS OF THURSDAY: THE ASSEMBLY BALL 310

XXXII. EVENTS OF FRIDAY MORNING: THE CUTTING OF THE
GORDIAN KNOT 327

XXXIII. THE INCOMPLETE AERONAUTS 340

XXXIV. CAPTAIN COLENSO 359

XXXV. IN PARIS.--ALAIN PLAYS HIS LAST CARD 378

XXXVI. I GO TO CLAIM FLORA 394

ST. IVES

BEING

THE ADVENTURES OF
A FRENCH PRISONER IN ENGLAND

ST. IVES

CHAPTER I

A TALE OF A LION RAMPANT

It was in the month of May 1813 that I was so unlucky as to fall at last
into the hands of the enemy. My knowledge of the English language had
marked me out for a certain employment. Though I cannot conceive a
soldier refusing to incur the risk, yet to be hanged for a spy is a
disgusting business; and I was relieved to be held a prisoner of war.
Into the Castle of Edinburgh, standing in the midst of that city on the
summit of an extraordinary rock, I was cast with several hundred
fellow-sufferers, all privates like myself, and the more part of them,
by an accident, very ignorant, plain fello