107

V. HOW DICK CHANGED SIDES 112

BOOK III.--MY LORD FOXHAM

I. THE HOUSE BY THE SHORE 123

II. A SKIRMISH IN THE DARK 131

III. ST. BRIDE'S CROSS 138

IV. THE "GOOD HOPE" 142

V. THE "GOOD HOPE" (_continued_) 151

VI. THE "GOOD HOPE" (_concluded_) 157

BOOK IV.--THE DISGUISE

I. THE DEN 165

II. "IN MINE ENEMIES' HOUSE" 173

III. THE DEAD SPY 183

IV. IN THE ABBEY CHURCH 191

V. EARL RISINGHAM 200

VI. ARBLASTER AGAIN 204

BOOK V.--CROOKBACK

I. THE SHRILL TRUMPET 217

II. THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY 224

III. THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY (_concluded_) 231

IV. THE SACK OF SHOREBY 236

V. NIGHT IN THE WOODS: ALICIA RISINGHAM 246

VI. NIGHT IN THE WOODS (_concluded_): DICK AND JOAN 254

VII. DICK'S REVENGE 264

VIII. CONCLUSION 268

MARKHEIM 273

THE BLACK ARROW

A TALE OF THE TWO ROSES

_CRITIC ON THE HEARTH_

_No one but myself knows what I have suffered, nor what my books have
gained, by your unsleeping watchfulness and admirable pertinacity. And
now here is a volume that goes into the world and lacks your_
imprimatur: _a strange thing in our joint lives; and the reason of it
stranger still! I have watched with interest, with pain, and at length
with amusement, your unavailing attempts to peruse "The Black Arrow";
and I think I should lack humour indeed, if I let the occasion slip and
did not place your name in the fly-leaf of the only book of mine that
you have never read--and never will read._

_That others may display more constancy is still my hope. The tale was
written years ago for a particular audience and (I may say) in rivalry
with a particular author; I think I should do well to name him--Mr.
Alfred R. Phillips. It was no