Ninety-three

Ninety-three  (1900)  by Victor Hugo, translator not mentioned

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NINETY-THREE.

By VICTOR HUGO,

Author of "Les Miserables," "Hunchback of Notre Dame," "By Order
of the King," "Toilers of the Sea," "History of a Crime."

A. L. BURT COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

CONTENTS.

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PART FIRST.—AT SEA.   BOOK FIRST.   CHAPTER PAGE The Woods of La Saudraie 8 BOOK SECOND.— THE CORVETTE "CLAYMORE."   I. England and France. 20 II. A Night on Shipboard, and concerning the Passenger. 23 III. Noble and Plebeian in Alliance. 25 IV. Tormentum Belli. 31 V. Vis et Vir. 33 VI. The Two Scales of the Balance. 38 VII. A Voyage is a Lottery. 41 VIII. 9—380 44 IX. Some one Escapes. 49 X. Does he Escape? 51 BOOK THIRD.— HALMALO.   I. The Persuasive Power of Human Speech. 54 II. A Peasant's Memory is Worth a Captain's Knowledge. 59 BOOK FOURTH.— TELLMARCH.   I. The Top of the Dune. 68 II. Aures Habet et non Audiet. 71 III. The Advantage of Large Letters. 73 IV. The Caimand. 75 V. Signed "Gauvain". 81 VI. The Sudden Changes of Civil War. 84 VII. No Mercy: The Watchword of the Commune. No Quarter: The Watchword of the Princes. 88 PART SECOND— IN PARIS.   BOOK FIRST.—CIMOURDAIN.   I. The Streets of Paris at this Period. 94 II. Cimourdain. 101 III. A Heel not Dipped in the Styx. 107 BOOK SECOND.—THE PUBLIC HOUSE OF THE RUE DU PAON.   I. Minos, Æacus, and Rhadamanthus. 111 II. Magna Testantur Voce per Umbras. 112 III. The Thrill of Hidden Chords. 126 BOOK THIRD.—THE CONVENTION.   I. The Convention. 135 II. Marat in the Lobby. 158 PART THIRD.— IN VENDEE.   BOOK FIRST.— IN VENDEE.   I. The Forests. 164 II. The Men. 166 III. Men and Forests in Connivance. 168 IV. Their Life Underground. 170 V. Their Life in Time of War. 172 VI. The Soul of the Earth absorbed by Men. 177 VII. La Vendée was the End of Brittany. 180 BOOK SECOND.—THE THREE CHILDREN.   I. Plus Quam Civilia Bella. 181 II. Dol. 188 III. Small Armies and Great Battles. 194 IV. It is the Second Time. 201 V. The Drop of Cold Water. 203 VI. A Healed Breast, a Bleeding Heart. 206 VII. The Two Poles of Truth. 211 VIII. Dolorosa. 217 IX. A Provincial Bastille. 220 X. The Hostages. 228 XI. Terrible as in Ancient Days. 234 XII. A Scheme for Escape. 237 XIII. What the Marquis Does. 240 XIV. What L'Imanus Does. 242 BOOK THIRD.—THE MASSACRE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW.   I. 244 II. 247 III. 249 IV. 251 V. 254 VI. 256 VII. 258 BOOK FOURTH.— THE MOTHER.   I. Death Passes by. 260 II. Death Speaks. 263 III. Murmurings of the Peasants. 267 IV. A Mistake. 271 V. Vox in Deserto. 273 VI. The Situation. 275 VII. Preliminaries. 278 VIII. The Summons and the Reply. 282 IX. Titans against Giants. 285 X. Radoub. 289 XI. The Desperate. 296 XII. A Deliverer. 299 XIII. The Executioner. 301 XIV. L'Imânus also Escapes. 303 XV. Never put a Watch and a Key in the same Pocket. 306 BOOK FIFTH—IN DÆMONE DEUS.   I. Found but Lost. 310 II. From the Stone Door to the Iron Door. 317 III. The Children Awaken. 319 BOOK SIXTH—THE BATTLE AFTER THE VICTORY.   I. Lantenac Taken. 324 II. Freedom or Death—Which? 326 III. The General's Cloak. 338 BOOK SEVENTH.—FEUDALISM AND REVOLUTION.   I. The Ancestor. 341 II. The Court-Martial. 348 III. The Votes. 352 IV. After Cimourdain as a Judge, Cimourdain as Master. 356 V. The Dungeon. 357 VI. Nevertheless, the sun rises. 365

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