Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise. Charlotte M. Yonge

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       Charlotte M. Yonge

      Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066247164

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       STRAY PEARLS

       MEMOIRS OF MARGARET DE RIBAUMONT, VISCOUNTESS OF BELLAISE

       CHAPTER I. — WHITEHALL BEFORE THE COBWEBS.

       CHAPTER II. — A LITTLE MUTUAL AVERSION.

       CHAPTER III. — CELADON AND CHLOE

       CHAPTER IV. — THE SALON BLEU

       CHAPTER V. — IN GARRISON.

       CHAPTER VI. — VICTORY DEARLY BOUGHT

       CHAPTER VII. — WIDOW AND WIFE

       CHAPTER VIII. — MARGUERITE TO THE RESCUE.

       CHAPTER IX. — THE FIREBRAND OF THE BOCAGE.

       CHAPTER X. — OLD THREADS TAKEN UP.

       CHAPTER XI. — THE TWO QUEENS.

       CHAPTER XII. — CAVALIERS IN EXILE.

       CHAPTER XIII. — MADEMOISELLE’S TOILETTE.

       CHAPTER XIV. — COURT APPOINTMENT

       CHAPTER XV. — A STRANGER THANKSGIVING DAY.

       CHAPTER XVI. — THE BARRICADES

       CHAPTER XVII. — A PATIENT GRISEL

       CHAPTER XVIII. — TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL.

       CHAPTER XIX. — INSIDE PARIS

       Annora’s narrative.

       CHAPTER XX. — CONDOLENCE

       (By Margaret)

       CHAPTER XXI. — ST. MARGARET AND THE DRAGON

       CHAPTER XXII. — ST. MARGARET AND THE DRAGON

       (By Annora)

       CHAPTER XXIII. — THE LION AND THE MOUSE

       CHAPTER XXIV. — FAMILY HONOUR

       CHAPTER XXV. — THE HAGUE

       CHAPTER XXVI. — HUNDERSLUST

       CHAPTER XXVII. — THE EXPEDIENT

       (Annora’s Narrative)

       CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE BOEUF GRAS

       (Annora’s Narrative)

       CHAPTER XXIX. — MADAME’S OPPORTUNITY

       (Annora’s Narrative)

       CHAPTER XXX. — THE NEW MAID OF ORLEANS

       (Margaret’s Narrative)

       CHAPTER XXXI. — PORTE ST. ANTOINE

       (Margaret’s Narrative)

       CHAPTER XXXII. — ESCAPE

       (Annora’s Narrative)

       CHAPTER XXXIII. — BRIDAL PEARLS

       CHAPTER XXXIV. — ANNORA’S HOME

PREFACE

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      No one can be more aware than the author that the construction of this tale is defective. The state of French society, and the strange scenes of the Fronde, beguiled me into a tale which has become rather a family record than a novel.

      Formerly the Muse of the historical romance was an independent and arbitrary personage,