Helmet of Navarre

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Helmet of Navarre, by Bertha Runkle This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Helmet of Navarre Author: Bertha Runkle Release Date: November 30, 2004 [EBook #14219] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HELMET OF NAVARRE *** Produced by Rick Niles, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE FLORENTINES IN THE HÔTEL DE MAYENNE THE HELMET OF NAVARRE ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANDRÉ CASTAIGNE THE CENTURY CO. NEW YORK 1901 TO MY MOTHER Press where ye see my white plume shine amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the Helmet of Navarre. LORD MACAULAY'S "IVRY." CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A FLASH OF LIGHTNING 3 II AT THE AMOUR DE DIEU 9 III M. LE DUC IS WELL GUARDED 16 IV THE THREE MEN IN THE WINDOW 27 V RAPIERS AND A VOW 37 VI A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH 51 VII A DIVIDED DUTY 62 VIII CHARLES-ANDRÉ-ÉTIENNE-MARIE 74 IX THE HONOUR OF ST. QUENTIN 85 X LUCAS AND "LE GAUCHER" 96 XI VIGO 107 XII THE COMTE DE MAR 120 XIII MADEMOISELLE 134 XIV IN THE ORATORY 153 XV MY LORD MAYENNE 167 XVI MAYENNE'S WARD 186 XVII "I'LL WIN MY LADY!