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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Other: Andrew Lang

Release Date: March 3, 2010 [EBook #31484]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME VIII

_Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale._

_This is No. ........._

[Illustration: FACSIMILE OF A DRAWING BY R. L. S. WHEN HE WAS STAYING
AT LE MONASTIER IN 1878]

THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME EIGHT

LONDON : PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS : IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED : WILLIAM
HEINEMANN : AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

THE BLACK ARROW

PROLOGUE
PAGE
John Amend-all 7

BOOK I.--THE TWO LADS

CHAPTER
I. AT THE SIGN OF THE "SUN" IN KETTLEY 25

II. IN THE FEN 34

III. THE FEN FERRY 40

IV. A GREENWOOD COMPANY 48

V. "BLOODY AS THE HUNTER" 56

VI. TO THE DAY'S END 65

VII. THE HOODED FACE 72

BOOK II.--THE MOAT HOUSE

I. DICK ASKS QUESTIONS 83

II. THE TWO OATHS 92

III. THE ROOM OVER THE CHAPEL 100

IV. THE PASSAGE