BERTRAND
OF BRITTANY
BY
WARWICK DEEPING
AUTHOR OF
“A WOMAN’S WAR” “THE SLANDERERS”
“BESS OF THE WOODS” ETC.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMVIII
Copyright, 1908, by Harper & Brothers.
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All rights reserved.
Published April, 1908.
Contents
| Book I | Youth and the Silver Swan | |
| Book II | “How a Man May Find His Soul Again” | |
| Book III | “The Oak of Mivoie” | |
Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook.
TO
MY DEAR FRIEND
JULIA ORD
Bertrand of Brittany
YOUTH AND THE SILVER SWAN
I
It had always been said in the Breton lands thatSieur Robert du Guesclin was a brave man, save in thepresence of that noble lady, Jeanne de Malemains, hiswife.
Now Dame Jeanne was a handsome, black-browedwoman with a resolute mouth and a full, white chin.The Norman apple-trees had lost their bloom, so sangthe romancers, when Gleaquim by the sea had stolen heras the sunlight from Duke Rollo’s lands. The LadyJeanne had brought no great dowry to her husband, saveonly her smooth and confident beauty, and the perilousblessings of a splendid pride. She had borne SieurRob