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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Suitors of Yvonne, by Raphael 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 Suitors of Yvonne Author: Raphael Sabatini Posting Date: February 25, 2009 [EBook #3430] Release Date: September, 2002 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SUITORS OF YVONNE *** Produced by John Stuart Middleton THE SUITORS OF YVONNE Being a Portion of the Memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes By Rafael Sabatini CONTENTS CHAPTER I. OF HOW A BOY DRANK TOO MUCH WINE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT II. THE FRUIT OF INDISCRETION III. THE FIGHT IN THE HORSE-MARKET IV. FAIR RESCUERS V. MAZARIN, THE MATCH-MAKER VI. OF HOW ANDREA BECAME LOVE-SICK VII. THE CHATEAU DR CANAPLES VIII. THE FORESHADOW OF DISASTER IX. OF HOW A WHIP PROVED A BETTER ARGUMENT THAN A TONGUE X. THE CONSCIENCE OF MALPERTUIS XI. OF A WOMAN'S OBSTINACY XII. THE RESCUE XIII. THE HAND OF YVONNE XIV. OF WHAT BEFELL AT REAUX XV. OF MY RESURRECTION XVI. THE WAY OF WOMAN XVII. FATHER AND SON XVIII. OF HOW I LEFT CANAPLES XIX. OF MY RETURN TO PARIS XX. OF HOW THE CHEVALIER DE CANAPLES BECAME A FRONDEUR XXI. OF THE BARGAIN THAT ST. AUBAN DROVE WITH MY LORD CARDINAL XXII. OF MY SECOND JOURNEY TO CANAPLES XXIII. OF HOW ST. AUBAN CAME TO BLOIS XXIV. OF THE PASSING OF ST. AUBAN XXV. PLAY-ACTING XXVI. REPARATION CHAPTER I. OF HOW A BOY DRANK TOO MUCH WINE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT Andrea de Mancini sprawled, ingloriously drunk, upon the floor. His legs were thrust under the table, and his head rested against the chair from which he had slipped; his long black hair was tossed and dishevelled; his handsome, boyish face flushed and garbed in the vacant expression of idiocy. "I beg a thousand pardons, M. de Luynes," quoth he in the thick, monotonous voice of a man whose brain but ill controls his tongue,--"I beg a thousand pardons for the unseemly poverty of our repast. 'T is no fault of mine. My Lord Cardinal keeps
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