The Bright Face of Danger / Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire
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- The Bright Face of Danger
- Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire. Freely Translated into Modern English
- Author of "An Enemy to the King," "Philip Winwood," "The Mystery of Murray Davenport," etc. Illustrated by H. C. Edwards Boston L. C. Page & Company Mdcccciiii Copyright, 1904 By L. C. Page & Company Entered at Stationers' Hall, London All rights reserved Published April, 1904 Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston. Mass., U.S.A.
- "'I GIVE YOU ONE CHANCE FOR YOUR LIFE,' SAID I QUICKLY."
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE BRIGHT FACE OF DANGER
- CHAPTER I.
- MONSIEUR HENRI DE LAUNAY SETS OUT ON A JOURNEY
- CHAPTER II.
- A YOUNG MAN WHO WENT SINGING
- "'AND NOW SHE WILL WAIT FOR HIM IN VAIN!'"
- CHAPTER III.
- WHERE THE LADY WAS
- CHAPTER IV.
- WHO THE LADY WAS
- CHAPTER V.
- THE CHATEAU DE LAVARDIN
- CHAPTER VI.
- WHAT THE PERIL WAS
- "WE WERE INTERRUPTED BY A LOW CRY."
- CHAPTER VII.
- STRANGE DISAPPEARANCES
- CHAPTER VIII.
- MATHILDE
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE WINDING STAIRS
- "'THE WRETCHES!' SAID THE TORTURED COUNT, STAGGERING TO HIS FEET."
- CHAPTER X.
- MORE THAN MERE PITY
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE RAT-HOLE AND THE WATER-JUG
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE ROPE LADDER
- "I LEAPED OVER THE BED, AND UPON THE MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO STRANGLE THE COUNTESS."
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE PARTING
- CHAPTER XIV.
- IN THE FOREST
- CHAPTER XV.
- THE TOWER OF MORLON
- CHAPTER XVI.
- THE MERCY OF CAPTAIN FERRAGANT
- CHAPTER XVII.
- THE SWORD OF LA TOURNOIRE
- "MY FATHER'S THRUSTS BECAME NOW SO QUICK AND CONTINUOUS."
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE MOUSTACHES OF BRIGNAN DE BRIGNAN
- CHAPTER XIX.
- AFTERWARDS
- THE END.
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