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

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The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy.

Contents

• THE LAUGHING CAVALIER5
• THE STORY OF THE ANCESTOR OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL BARONESS ORCZY6
• AN APOLOGY10
• THE PROLOGUE13
• HAARLEM—MARCH 29TH, 162313
• THE ADVENTURE28
• CHAPTER I29
• NEW YEAR'S EVE29
• CHAPTER II36
• THE FRACAS BY THE POSTERN GATE36
• CHAPTER III46
• AN INTERLUDE46
• CHAPTER IV53
• WATCH-NIGHT53
• CHAPTER V65
• BROTHER AND SISTER65
• CHAPTER VI73
• THE COUNSELS OF PRUDENCE73
• CHAPTER VII77
• THREE PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR FRIENDS77
• CHAPTER VIII92
• THE LODGINGS WHICH WERE PAID FOR92
• CHAPTER IX101
• THE PAINTER OF PICTURES101
• CHAPTER X106
• THE LAUGHING CAVALIER106
• CHAPTER XI117
• THE BARGAIN117
• CHAPTER XII122
• THE PORTRAIT122
• CHAPTER XIII129
• THE SPANISH WENCH129
• CHAPTER XIV139
• AFTER EVENSONG139
• CHAPTER XV144
• THE HALT AT BENNEBROCK144
• CHAPTER XVI149
• LEYDEN149
• CHAPTER XVII155
• AN UNDERSTANDING155
• CHAPTER XVIII165
• THE START165
• CHAPTER XIX168
• IN THE KINGDOM OF THE NIGHT168
• CHAPTER XX171
• BACK AGAIN IN HAARLEM171
• CHAPTER XXI177
• A GRIEF-STRICKEN FATHER177
• CHAPTER XXII182
• A DOUBLE PLEDGE182
• CHAPTER XXIII191
• A SPY FROM THE CAMP191
• CHAPTER XXIV199
• THE BIRTH OF HATE199
• CHAPTER XXV212
• AN ARRANT KNAVE212
• CHAPTER XXVI220
• BACK TO HOUDEKERK220
• CHAPTER XXVII227
• THENCE TO ROTTERDAM227
• CHAPTER XXVIII233
• CHECK233
• CHAPTER XXIX239
• CHECK AGAIN239
• CHAPTER XXX244
• A NOCTURNE244
• CHAPTER XXXI262
• THE MOLENS262
• CHAPTER XXXII272
• A RUN THROUGH THE NIGHT272
• CHAPTER XXXIII279
• THE CAPTIVE LION279
• CHAPTER XXXIV288
• PROTESTATIONS288
• CHAPTER XXXV297
• THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE297
• CHAPTER XXXVI311
• BROTHER PHILOSOPHERS311
• CHAPTER XXXVII321
• DAWN321
• CHAPTER XXXVIII327
• THE HOUR327
• CHAPTER XXXIX332
• "SAUVE QUI PEUT"332
• CHAPTER XL338
• THE LOSER PAYS338
• CHAPTER XLI350
• "VENGEANCE IS MINE"350
• CHAPTER XLII354
• THE FIGHT IN THE DOORWAY354
• CHAPTER XLIII372
• LEYDEN ONCE MORE372
• CHAPTER XLIV380
• BLAKE OF BLAKENEY380
• CHAPTER XLV385
• THE END385
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE390

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