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Title: Helmet of Navarre

Author: Bertha Runkle

Release Date: November 30, 2004 [EBook #14219]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Cover]

THE HELMET OF NAVARRE.

Bertha Runkle.

THE HELMET OF NAVARRE

[Illustration: THE FLORENTINES IN THE HOTEL DE MAYENNE]

[Illustration]

BY BERTHA RUNKLE

THE HELMET OF

NAVARRE

ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANDRE CASTAIGNE

THE CENTURY CO.

NEW YORK 1901

TO MY MOTHER

Press where ye see my white plume shine amidst the ranks of war,
And be your oriflamme to-day the Helmet of Navarre.

LORD MACAULAY'S "IVRY."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A FLASH OF LIGHTNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II AT THE AMOUR DE DIEU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
III M. LE DUC IS WELL GUARDED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
IV THE THREE MEN IN THE WINDOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
V RAPIERS AND A VOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
VI A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
VII A DIVIDED DUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
VIII CHARLES-ANDRE-ETIENNE-MARIE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
IX THE HONOUR OF ST. QUENTIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
X LUCAS AND "LE GAUCHER" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
XI VIGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
XII THE COMTE DE MAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
XIII MADEMOISELLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
XIV IN THE ORATORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
XV MY LORD MAYENNE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
XVI MAYENNE'S WARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
XVII "I'LL WIN MY LADY!". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203