The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette |
THE FALSE CHEVALIER
THE FALSE CHEVALIER OR The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette BY W. D. LIGHTHALL This Edition is intended for circulation only in the Dominion of Canada. image: The Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles.
After the contemporary acquarelle by Portail. F. E. GRAFTON & SONS MONTREAL 1898 (All rights reserved) To
CYBEL, MY WIFE,
the sweet companion and critic
of my labours on
this book
CONTENTS —— | Chap. | | | I. | THE FUR-TRADER'S SON | | II. | GERMAIN IN FRANCE | | III. | THE INNKEEPER'S LESSON | | IV. | THE CASTLE OF QUIET WATERS | | V. | MONSIEUR DE RÉPENTIGNY | | VI. | EPERGNES AND WAX-LIGHTS | | VII. | "THE LEAP IS TAKEN" | | VIII. | THE ABBÉ'S DISASTER | | IX. | A PHILOSOPHER BEHIND HORSE-PISTOLS | | X. | THE GALLEY-ON-LAND | | XI. | THE COURT | | XII. | GERMAIN GOES TO PARIS | | XIII. | A JAR IN ST. ELPHÈGE | | XIV. | THE OLD-IRON SHOP | | XV. | THE BEGGARS' BALL | | XVI. | BROKEN ON THE WHEEL | | XVII. | THE SAVING OF LA TOUR | | XVIII. | MADAME L'ETIQUETTE | | XIX. | THE COMMISSION | | XX. | DESCAMPATIVOS | | XXI. | THE SHADOW OF THE GOLDEN DOG | | XXII. | THE SECRET OUT | | XXIII. | THE EXECUTIONER OF DESTINY | | XXIV. | A CURIOUS PROFESSION | | XXV. | FACING THE MUSIC | | XXVI. | A DUEL | | XXVII. | JUDE AND THE GALLEY | | XXVIII. | ANOTHER DUEL | | XXIX. | THE LETTRE DE CACHET | | XXX. | THE HEAVENS FALL | | XXXI. | ONE DEFENDER | | XXXII. | A STRONG PROOF | | XXXIII. | THE REGISTER OF ST. GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS | | XXXIV. | AT QUEBEC | | XXXV. | AT ST. ELPHÈGE | | XXXVI. | AT MONTREAL | | XXXVII. | ONCE MORE THE SWORD | | XXXVIII. | THE RECORD | | XXXIX. | THE MARQUIS'S VISITOR | | XL. | AN UNEXPECTED ALLIANCE | | XLI. | A POOR ADVOCATE | | XLII. | A HARD SEASON | | XLIII. | BACK AT EAUX TRANQUILLES | | XLIV. | SELF-DEFENCE | | XLV. | THE NECESSITIES OF CONDITION | | XLVI. | THE PATRIOTS | | XLVII. | THE DEFENCE OF THE BODYGUARD | | XLVIII. | SISTERS DEATH AND TRUTH | | XLIX. | CIVIC VIRTUE | | L. | JUDGMENT DAY | | LI. | LOVE ENDURETH ALL THINGS | | LII. | THE SUPREME EXACTITUDE | | LIII. | RETRIBUTION ACCOMPLISHED |
PREFATORY NOTE —— This story is founded on a packet of worm-eaten letters and documents found in an old French-Canadian house on the banks of the St. Lawrence. The romance they rudely outline, its intrigues, its brilliancy of surroundings, its intensity of feelings, when given the necessary touches of history and imagination, so fascinated the writer that the result was the present book. A packet of documents of course is not a novel, and the reader may be able to guess what is mine and what is likely to have been the scanty limit of the original hint. The student of history will recognise my debt to many authorities; among whom the chief are Paul Lacroix and Taine. I wish it distinctly understood that the person attacked in the documents in question is not the hero of this narrative. W. D. L.
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