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Title: The Laughing Cavalier
The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Author: Baroness Orczy

Release Date: July 20, 2010 [EBook #33208]

Language: English

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THE LAUGHING CAVALIER

THE STORY OF THE ANCESTOR OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

BARONESS ORCZY

Author of "Unto Caesar," "The Scarlet Pimpernel," "El Dorado,"
"Meadowsweet," etc.

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

Copyright, 1914,
BY THE RIDGWAY COMPANY

Copyright, 1914,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

CONTENTS

AN APOLOGY

THE PROLOGUE

THE ADVENTURE

I NEW YEAR'S EVE

II THE FRACAS BY THE POSTERN GATE

III AN INTERLUDE

IV WATCH-NIGHT

V BROTHER AND SISTER

VI THE COUNSELS OF PRUDENCE

VII THREE PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR FRIENDS

VIII THE LODGINGS WHICH WERE PAID FOR

IX THE PAINTER OF PICTURES

X THE LAUGHING CAVALIER

XI THE BARGAIN

XII THE PORTRAIT

XIII THE SPANISH WENCH

XIV AFTER EVENSONG

XV THE HALT AT BENNEBROCK

XVI LEYDEN

XVII AN UNDERSTANDING

XVIII THE START

XIX IN THE KINGDOM OF THE NIGHT

XX BACK AGAIN IN HAARLEM

XXI A GRIEF-STRICKEN FATHER

XXII A DOUBLE PLEDGE

XXIII A SPY FROM THE CAMP

XXIV THE BIRTH OF HATE

XXV AN ARRANT KNAVE

XXVI BACK TO HOUDEKERK

XXVII THENCE TO ROTTERDAM

XXVIII CHECK

XXIX CHECK AGAIN

XXX A NOCTURNE

XXXI THE MOLENS

XXXII A RUN THROUGH THE NIGHT

XXXIII THE CAPTIVE LION

XXXIV PROTESTATIONS

XXXV THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE

XXXVI BROTHER PHILOSOPHERS

XXXVII DAWN

XXXVIII THE HOUR

XXXIX "SAUVE QUI PEUT"

XL THE LOSER PAYS