Court Royal

by Sabine Baring-Gould

• Preface

CONTENTS.

chapter		page
I.	A Little Devil	1
II.	Pawned	9
III.	Lazarus	16
IV.	Joanna's School	21
V.	Crudge, Solicitor	28
VI.	The Ducal Family	36
VII.	Beavis	48
VIII.	The Marquess	59
IX.	Lord Ronald	64
X.	The Fifth of November	73
XI.	Who was Rachel?	84
XII.	Charlie Cheek	91
XIII.	The Ems Water	98
XIV.	The Monokeratic Principle	105
XV.	Wanted, a Housemaid	111
XVI.	Venite	115
XVII.	Stock-taking	121
XVIII.	Lady Grace	129
XIX.	Sleepy Hollow	138
XX.	Dulcina	144
XXI.	Home-thrusts	148
XXII.	A Family Council	153
XXIII.	Reflorescence	160
XXIV.	Caught Napping	168
XXV.	Without Warning	178
XXVI.	Unstable as Water	185
XXVII.	Revolt	191
XXVIII.	A Playbill	199
XXIX.	Two Stage Boxes	205
XXX.	Palma	213
XXXI.	A Spoke in the Wheel	219
XXXII.	A Drop of Comfort	226
XXXIII.	Broken off	234
XXXIV.	Incurables	239
XXXV.	A Card Castle	247
XXXVI.	The Council of Court Royal	256
XXXVII.	A Sister of Mercy	262
XXXVIII.	Reformation	269
XXXIX.	Over a Snail	276
XL.	Cheek Senior	283
XLI.	An Entanglement	291
XLII.	Nibbling	297
XLIII.	'Shares?'	302
XLIV.	A Startling Proposal	309
XLV.	Retribution	316
XLVI.	E Tenebris Lux	323
XLVII.	Leigh	331
XLVIII.	The Fall of a Pillar	337
XLIX.	An April Fool	345
L.	To the Rescue	352
LI.	The Flying-fish	359
LII.	On the Pier	368
LIII.	Another Disappointment	375
LIV.	A New Leaf	380
LV.	In Vain	384
LVI.	Preparatory	391
LVII.	Release	393
LVIII.	The Last of the Ems Water	400
LIX.	Without a Watch-dog	406
LX.	Two Pictures	414