"'By God! d'Argenton, we win in the end,' he broke out, shaking his finger at me."
THE
KING'S SCAPEGOAT
BY
HAMILTON DRUMMOND
AUTHOR OF "THE SEVEN HOUSES," "A MAN'S FEAR," ETC., ETC.
FRONTISPIECE BY CYRUS CUNEO
TORONTO
THE COPP CLARK CO., LIMITED
1905
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I My Claim to be heard for Truth's Sake
II The Bruisings of a Friend
III Fire and Sack
IV Babette
V Paris in "Eighty-Three"
VI The Muse in Draggled Skirts
VII The Shrewdest Brain in France
VIII The Doors of the Louvre only open Inwards
IX How I met Mademoiselle the Second Time
X Plessis-les-Tours
XI The Plot of the Four Nations
XII Monseigneur's Counterplot
XIII His Most Christian Majesty
XIV Monsieur de Commines Explains
XX A Lesson in Diplomacy
XXI A Mission of Peace
XXII South from Plessis
XVIII Count Gaston de Foix
XIX Mademoiselle Suzanne, Gouvernante
XX What Happened at the Grey Leap
XXI "I Trust You, Come what May"
XXII The Message of a Foot of String
XXIII A Rose of Promise
XXIV Jean Volran, Tapster, and Translator of Latin
XXV In What Way the King Sought the Peace of Navarre
XXVI The Justice Hall in Morsigny
XXVII "God Keep You, Now and Always"
XXVIII A Lie for a Life
XXIX How Martin won his Heart's Desire
XXX Mademoiselle Speaks
XXXI There is Hope—Till Dawn on Sunday
XXXII The Mercy of Louis the Eleventh
XXXIII "It is the Finger of God!"
XXXIV A Race for a Life
CHAPTER I
MY CLAIM TO BE HEARD FOR TRUTH'S SAKE
Of the many ways, worthy or vile, honourableor ignoble, whereby men, as my excellentfriend the Prince de Talmont has shown in hishis