81
X. THE FORGING OF THE THUNDERBOLT. 89
XI. THE WAY OF THE WORLD. 97
XII. WHAT THE MOON SAW. 108
XIII. AT THE SIGN OF THE LEOPARD. 119
XIV. IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS. 130
XV. "THOU SHALT NOT KILL." 140
XVI. MONTEAGLE AND SALISBURY. 152
XVII. SOWING THE WIND. 158
XVIII. THE CELLAR. 167
XIX. THE NOTE OF WARNING. 178
XX. ON THE STROKE OF ELEVEN. 184
XXI. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. 192
XXII. FAWKES BEFORE THE KING. 200
XXIII. THE BANQUET. 207
XXIV. "IN THE KING'S NAME." 213
XXV. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND. 222

AUTHOR'S NOTE.

It has not been the intention of the authors of "The Fifth of
November" to write an historical novel, though, throughout the story,
they have endeavored to follow as closely as was consistent with the
plot in hand, the historical facts collected by the various writers
who have made the nature and workings of the "Gunpowder Plot" a
special study. With one or two exceptions, the characters in the
present romance have been borrowed from history, and, save in Chapters
XXI and XXII, the lines of the story have followed those traced by the
hand of the historian.

In presenting to the public this "Romance of the Stuarts,"
indebtedness is acknowledged by the writers to Professor S. R.
Gardiner's "What the Gunpowder Plot Was," and also to the history
of England as set forth by Knight, Hume, Froude and Ridpath.

THE AUTHORS.
New York, February, 1898.

THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.

CHAPTER I.

WHAT BEFELL AT "THE SIGN OF THE LEOPARD."

Snow had fallen through the day, and as night approached all objects
were covered with a mantle of white. The noises incident to the life
of a great city had long since become muffled and indistinct. The
footfalls of those who traversed the streets could no longer be heard;
and the only sounds which now and again broke the silence, were the
voice