The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire
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The Bright Face of Danger
Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire. Freely Translated into Modern English
Author of "An Enemy to the King," "Philip Winwood," "The Mystery of Murray Davenport," etc.
Illustrated by H. C. Edwards
Boston L. C. Page & Company Mdcccciiii
Copyright, 1904 By L. C. Page & Company
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London All rights reserved
Published April, 1904 Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston. Mass., U.S.A.
"'I GIVE YOU ONE CHANCE FOR YOUR LIFE,' SAID I QUICKLY."
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE BRIGHT FACE OF DANGER
CHAPTER I.
MONSIEUR HENRI DE LAUNAY SETS OUT ON A JOURNEY
CHAPTER II.
A YOUNG MAN WHO WENT SINGING
"'AND NOW SHE WILL WAIT FOR HIM IN VAIN!'"
CHAPTER III.
WHERE THE LADY WAS
CHAPTER IV.
WHO THE LADY WAS
CHAPTER V.
THE CHATEAU DE LAVARDIN
CHAPTER VI.
WHAT THE PERIL WAS
"WE WERE INTERRUPTED BY A LOW CRY."
CHAPTER VII.
STRANGE DISAPPEARANCES
CHAPTER VIII.
MATHILDE
CHAPTER IX.
THE WINDING STAIRS
"'THE WRETCHES!' SAID THE TORTURED COUNT, STAGGERING TO HIS FEET."
CHAPTER X.
MORE THAN MERE PITY
CHAPTER XI.
THE RAT-HOLE AND THE WATER-JUG
CHAPTER XII.
THE ROPE LADDER
"I LEAPED OVER THE BED, AND UPON THE MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO STRANGLE THE COUNTESS."
CHAPTER XIII.
THE PARTING
CHAPTER XIV.
IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER XV.
THE TOWER OF MORLON
CHAPTER XVI.
THE MERCY OF CAPTAIN FERRAGANT
CHAPTER XVII.
THE SWORD OF LA TOURNOIRE
"MY FATHER'S THRUSTS BECAME NOW SO QUICK AND CONTINUOUS."
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE MOUSTACHES OF BRIGNAN DE BRIGNAN
CHAPTER XIX.
AFTERWARDS
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