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Title: The Lady of Loyalty House
A Novel

Author: Justin Huntly McCarthy

Release Date: January 29, 2009 [EBook #27929]

Language: English

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THE LADY OF
LOYALTY HOUSE

A Novel

BY

JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY

AUTHOR OF
"MARJORIE" "THE PROUD PRINCE" ETC.

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1904

Copyright, 1904, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._
Published October, 1904.

AD SILVIAM

Take for our lady's loyal sake
This vagrant tale of mine,
Where Cavalier and Roundhead break
A reed for Right Divine,
A tale it pleasured me to make,
And most to make it thine.

The Solemn Muse that watches o'er
The actions of the great,
And bids this Venturer to soar,
And that to stand and wait,
Will swear she never heard before
The deeds that I relate.

But all is true for me and you,
Though History denies;
I know thy Royal Standard flew
Against autumnal skies,
And find thy rarest, bravest blue
In Brilliana's eyes.

J. H. McC.
_August 10, 1904._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

PROLOGUE 1
I. THE STRANGER AT THE GATES 4
II. HARBY 16
III. MY LORD THE LADY 26
IV. THE LEAGUER OF HARBY 33
V. A MONSTROUS REGIMENT 40
VI. HOW WILL ALL END? 49
VII. MISTRESS AND MAN 56
VIII. THE ENVOY 62
IX. HOW THE SIEGE WAS RAISED 73
X. PRISONER OF WAR 82