BOOK THREE: GHENT

Reprisals

My Faithful Watch-dog

The Tyrants

Two Pictures

The Right to Die

Truth and Perfidy

The Last Stand

The Hour of Victory

Epilogue

A Sheaf of Bluebells

By Baroness Orczy 1917 CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE. I. —The Masters of France 1 II. —The Return of the Natives 11 III. —The Hermits of La Vieuville 27 IV. —Kindred 42 V. —The Springtime of the Year 59 VI. —The Legend of St. Front 73 VII. —The Silent Pool 78 VIII. —The General 101 IX. —The Cooing of the Pigeons 117 X. —The Foundries of La Frontenay 126 XI. —The First Trick 143 XII. —A Fool and his Folly 157 XIII. —After a Year 174 XIV. —The Tool 188 XV. —A Note of Warning 196 XVI. —The Irreparable 212 XVII. —A Last Appeal 227 XVIII. —The Word of the Master 239 XIX. —The Parting of the Ways 254 XX. —The Straw 265 XXI. —The Crash of the Storm 279 XXII. —Heaven and Earth 296 XXIII. —An Hour's Folly 311 XXIV. —After the Storm 324 XXV. —The White Pigeon 344