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Project Gutenberg's The Trampling of the Lilies, by Rafael Sabatini This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Trampling of the Lilies Author: Rafael Sabatini Posting Date: January 8, 2009 [EBook #2783] Release Date: August, 2001 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TRAMPLING OF THE LILIES *** Produced by An Anonymous Project Gutenberg Volunteer THE TRAMPLING OF THE LILIES By Rafael Sabatini CONTENTS PART I THE OLD RULE CHAPTER I. MONSIEUR THE SECRETARY II. LORDS OF LIFE AND DEATH III. THE WORD OF BELLECOUR IV. THE DISCIPLES OF ROUSSEAU PART II THE NEW RULE V. THE SHEEP TURNED WOLVES VI. THE CITIZEN COMMISSIONER VII. LA BOULAYE DISCHARGES A DEBT VIII. THE INVALIDS AT BOISVERT IX. THE CAPTIVES X. THE BAISER LAMOURETTE XI. THE ESCAPE XII. THE AWAKENING XIII. THE ROAD TO LIEGE XIV. THE COURIER XV. LA BOULAYE BAITS HIS HOOK PART III THE EVERLASTING RULE XVI. CECILE DESHAIX XVII. LA BOULAYE'S PROMISE XVIII. THE INCORRUPTIBLE XIX. THE THEFT XX. THE GRATITUDE OF OMBREVAL XXI. THE ARREST XXII. THE TRIBUNAL XXIII. THE CONCIERGERIE PART I. THE OLD RULE These are they Who ride on the court gale, control its tides; *** Whose frown abases and whose smile exalts. They shine like any rainbow--and, perchance, Their colours are as transient. Old Play CHAPTER I. MONSIEUR THE SECRETARY It was spring at Bellecour--the spring of 1789, a short three months before the fall of the Bastille came to give the nobles pause, and make them realise that these new philosophies, which so long they have derided, were by no means the idle vapours they had deemed them. By the brook, plashing its glittering course through the park of Bellecour, wandered La Boulaye, his long, lean, figure clad with a sombreness that was out of harmony in that sunlit, vernal l
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