Count Hannibal
COUNT HANNIBAL
[Front matter]
By the Same Author.
THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF.
THE NEW RECTOR.
THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE.
A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE.
THE MAN IN BLACK.
UNDER THE RED ROBE.
MY LADY ROTHA.
THE RED COCKADE.
A MINISTER OF FRANCE.
SHREWSBURY.
THE CASTLE INN.
SOPHIA.
COUNT HANNIBAL
A ROMANCE
OF THE COURT OF FRANCE
BY
STANLEY J. WEYMAN
AUTHOR OF
"A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE," "UNDER THE RED ROBE," "THE CASTLE INN," ETC.
LONDON
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE
1901
(All rights reserved)
PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AXD BECCLES.
SORORI
SUÂ CAUSSÂ CARAE
NO ERGA MATREM AMORE
ETIAM CARIORI
HOC FRATER.
CONTENTS
chapter page I. Crimson Favours 1 II. Hannibal de Saulx, Comte de Tavannes 13 III. The House next the Golden Maid 26 IV. The Eve of the Feast 33 V. A Rough Wooing 43 VI. "Who touches Tavannes?" 53 VII. In the Amphitheatre 63 VIII. Two Hens and an Egg 74 IX. Unstable 85 X. Madame St. Lo 92 XI. A Bargain 102 XII. In the Hall of the Louvre 113 XIII. Diplomacy 126 XIV. Too Short a Spoon 139 XV. The Brother of St. Magloire 149 XVI. At Close Quarters 158 XVII. The Duel 164 XVIII. Andromeda, Perseus being absent 177 XIX. In the Orléannais 187 XX. On the Castle Hill 197 XXI. She would, and would not 206 XXII. Playing with Fire 216 XXIII. A Mind, and not a Mind 226 XXIV. At the King's Inn 237 XXV. The Company of the Bleeding Heart 248 XXVI. Temper 256 XXVII. The Black Town 263 XXVIII. In the Little Chapter-house 278 XXIX. The Escape 288 XXX. Sacrilege! 302 XXXI. The Flight from Angers 309 XXXII. The Ordeal by Steel 319 XXXIII. The Ambush 325 XXXIV. "Which will you, Madame?" 338 XXXV. Against the Wall 349 XXXVI. His Kingdom 360
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