BY
MARJORIE BOWEN
AUTHOR OF “THE VIPER OF MILAN,” “THE GLEN O’ WEEPING,”
“I WILL MAINTAIN,” ETC.
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET
1913
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LONDON AND BECCLES
| PAGE | ||
| I. | The King’s Son | 1 |
| II. | A Biography | 23 |
| III. | A Poor Spanish Lodging | 35 |
| IV. | Defeat | 59 |
| V. | Twilight | 80 |
| VI. | The Camp outside Namur | 93 |
| VII. | The Polander | 113 |
| VIII. | The Extraordinary Story of Grace Endicott | 135 |
| IX. | The Cup of Chicory Water | 153 |
| X. | The Burning of the Vanities | 180 |
| XI. | A Woman of the People | 202 |
| XII. | The Aristocrat | 225 |
| XIII. | The Betrothed of Pedro el Justicar | 249 |
| XIV. | The Macedonian Groom | 260 |
| XV. | The Prisoner | 273 |
| XVI. | The Yellow Intaglio | 301 |
“This letter has given rise to various conjectures.”–Dalrymple’sMemoirs.
From Ringwood, the 9th of July, 1685.
My Lord,
Having had some proof of your kindnesswhen I was last at Whitehall, makes me hope nowthat you will not refuse interceding for me withthe King, being I know, though too late, how Ihave been misled; were I not clearly convinced