mbouillet again 461
12. Captain la Jonquiere 463
13. Monsieur Moutonnet, Draper at St. Germain-en-Laye 466
14. Trust to Signs of Gratitude 468
15. His Excellency the Duc d'Orleans 471
16. "Monseigneur, we are Bretons" 474
17. Monsieur Andre 475
18. The Faubourg Saint Antoine 479
19. The Artist and the Politician 481
20. Blood reveals itself 484
21. What passed in the Rue du Bac while waiting for 488
Gaston
22. In Bretagne 502
23. The Sorceress of Savernay 505
24. The Arrest 509
25. The Bastille 512
26. How Life passed in the Bastille while waiting 516
for Death
27. How the Night passed in the Bastille while 519
waiting for the Day
28. A Companion in the Bastille 522
29. The Sentence 527
30. The Family Feud 531
31. State Affairs and Family Affairs 538
32. Showing that we must not always judge Others 543
by Ourselves
33. Monceaux 547
34. The Pardon 550
35. The last Interview 553
36. Nantes 555
37. The Tragedy of Nantes 560
38. The End 564
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
13.--Captain la Jonquiere.
14.--Philip V.
15.--Gaston rose hastily, and met D'Argenson with a law officer.
16.--Abbe Brigaud.
17.--Mademoiselle de Launay.
18.--The Regent.
THE REGENT'S DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER I.
AN ABBESS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
On the 8th February, 1719, a carriage, bearing the fleur-de-lis of
France, with the motto of Orleans, preceded by two outriders and a page,
entered the porch of the Abbey of Chelles, precisely as the clock struck
ten, and, the door having been quickly opened, its two occupants stepped
out.
The first was a man of from
|