Author of The Chronicles of Count Antonio—The Prisoner of Zenda—The God in the Car—Phroso—Rupert of Hentzau, etc. INTER FOLIA FRUCTIS NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1899 Copyright, 1898, 1899,
By ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS. All rights reserved. "I'm not a king for my own pleasure." (See page 14.) "I'm not a king for my own pleasure." (See page 14.)
| CONTENTS. | | CHAPTER | | PAGE | | I.— | A pious hyperbole | 1 | | II.— | A bird without wings | 11 | | III.— | Some secret opinions | 22 | | IV.— | Two of my makers | 34 | | V.— | Something about Victoria | 47 | | VI.— | A student of love affairs | 60 | | VII.— | Things not to be noticed | 73 | | VIII.— | Destiny in a pinafore | 84 | | IX.— | Just what would happen | 96 | | X.— | Of a political appointment | 109 | | XI.— | An act of abdication | 122 | | XII.— | King at a price | 136 | | XIII.— | I promise not to laugh | 151 | | XIV.— | Pleasure takes leave to protest | 165 | | XV.— | The hair-dresser waits | 179 | | XVI.— | A chase of two phantoms | 193 | | XVII.— | Decidedly mediÆval | 207 | | XVIII.— | William Adolphus hits the mark | 219 | | XIX.— | Great promotion | 233 | | XX.— | An interesting parallel | 248 | | XXI.— | On the art of falling soft | 261 | | XXII.— | Ut puto, vestis fio | 275 | | XXIII.— | A paradox of sensibility | 290 | | XXIV.— | What a question! | 304 | | XXV.— | A smack of repetition | 318 | | XXVI.— | The secret of the Countess | 334 | | XXVII.— | Of grazes on the knee | 349 | | XXVIII.— | As Bederhof arranged | 363 |
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | | FACING
PAGE | | "I'm not a king for my own pleasure" | Frontispiece | | Hammerfeldt came to me and kissed my hand | 43 | | The firelight played on the hand that held the screen | 102 | | "My ransom," said I. "The price of my freedom" | 148 | | "On my honour, a pure accident," said Varvilliers | 215 | | "Why, what brings you here?" I cried | 262 | | "My dear friend, have you forgotten me?" | 293 | | "I'll try—I'll try to make you happy" | 342 |
THE KING'S MIRROR.
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