CHAPTER III THE SECRET OF THE LAGOON CHAPTER VIII THE LAST OF THE WRECK CHAPTER XII THE POWER OF SCHUMER CHAPTER XIV MOSTLY ABOUT PEARLS CHAPTER XVII THE FIRST OF THE TWO PEARLS CHAPTER XVIII THE VANISHING OF ISBEL CHAPTER XX THE TROUBLE WITH SRU Title: The Pearl Fishers Author: H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 E-text prepared by Roger Frank, David E. Brown, |
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THE PEARL FISHERS
H. DE VERE STACPOOLE
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE PRESENTATION
A Romance of Old Paris
The scene of this romantic story is laid in Paris and its time is in the year 1770. The central figure is Comte de Rochefort, who chances to discover a plot to prevent Mme. du Barry from being presented at court. Later he has a night adventure which throws him into Mme. du Barry's party while it is on its way to the court, and he aids the Chief of Police of Paris to outwit those who had plotted against the lady.
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