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A STORY OF THE HUNDRED DAYS BY BARONESS ORCZY 1915 CHAPTER PAGE The Landing at Jouan 9 I. The Glorious News 14 II. The Old Régime 49 III. The Return of the Emperor 85 IV. The Empress' Millions 138 V. The Rivals 196 VI. The Crime 221 VII. The Ascent of the Capitol 236 VIII. The Sound of Revelry by Night 261 IX. The Tarpeian Rock 285 X. The Last Throw 305 XI. The Losing Hands 338 XII. The Winning Hand 370

A BRIDE OF THE PLAINS By Baroness Orczy 1915 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. "God Bless Them All! They Are Good Lads." 9 II. "Money Won't Buy Everything." 16 III. "You Will Wait for Me." 32 IV. "Now That He Is Dead." 43 V. "Love Will Follow." 56 VI. "I Don't Wish to Marry; Not Yet." 64 VII. "They Are Jews and We Are Hungarians." 73 VIII. "I Put the Bunda Away Somewhere." 84 IX. "Then, as Now, May God Protect You." 93 X. "The Best Way of All." 101 XI. "After That, Happiness Will Begin." 106 XII. "It Is Too Late." 115 XIII. "He Must Make You Happy." 125 XIV. "It Is True." 133 XV. "That Is Fair, I Think." 137 XVI. "The Waters of the Maros Flow Sluggishly." 143 XVII. "I Am Here to See That You Be Kind to Her." 149 XVIII. "I Must Punish Her." 162 XIX. "Now Go and Fetch the Key." 174 XX. "You Happen to Be of My Race and of My Blood." 186 XXI. "Jealous, Like a Madman." 199 XXII. "I Go Where I Shall Be More Welcome." 211 XXIII. "On the Eve of One's Wedding Day Too." 226 XXIV. "If You Loved Me." 232 XXV. "In Any Case Elsa Is Not for You." 237 XXVI. "What Had Andor Done?" 251 XXVII. "The Shadow That Fell from the Tall Sunflowers." 257 XXVIII. "We Shall Hear of Another Tragedy By and By." 265 XXIX. "Some Day." 272 XXX. "Kyrie Eleison." 282 XXXI. "What About Me?" 291 XXXII. "The Land Beyond the Sunset." 304

THE HEART OF A WOMAN BY BARONESS ORCZY 1911 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. —Which Tells of a Very Commonplace Incident 3 II. —Once More the Obvious 14 III. —And Now Almost Like a Dream 17 IV. —Nothing Really Tangible 32 V. —Just an Obvious Duty 39 VI. —Just a Disagreeable Old Man 46 VII. —The Part Played by a Five-Pound Note 50 VIII. —And Thus the Shadow Descended 59 IX. —Which Tells of the Inevitable Result 65 X. —Life Must Go on Just the Same 72 XI. —And There Are Social Duties to Perform 84 XII. —Shall a Man Escape His Fate? 92 XIII. —They Have No Heart 95 XIV. —The Tale Had to Be Told 105 XV. —And Many Must Be Questioned 112 XVI. —And the Puppets Danced 120 XVII. —And What of the Secret? 125 XVIII. —It Would Not Do, You Know 132 XIX. —Not All About It 138 XX. —And That's the Truth 149 XXI. —Have Another Cigar 156 XXII. —Then the Miracle Was Wrought 167 XXIII. —Why All This Mystery? 179 XXIV. —A Herd of Cackling Geese 183 XXV. —The Fog Was Dense, I Couldn't Rightly See 191 XXVI. —The Next Witness, Please 199 XXVII. —And People Went Out to Luncheon 205 XXVIII. —Which Tells of an Unexpected Turn of Events 216 XXIX. —The World Is So Large 223 XXX. —And Then Every One Went Home 233 XXXI. —And There Are People Who Do Not Care 237 XXXII. —A Man Must Act As He Thinks Best 244 XXXIII. —If You Would Only Let Yourself Go 249 XXXIV. —Which Speaks Only of Farewells 261 XXXV. —Which Tells of Pictures in the Fire 268 XXXVI. —People Don't Do That Sort of Thing 274 XXXVII. —It Is One Human Life Against the Other 287 XXXVIII. —The Hand of Death Was on Him Too 292 XXXIX. —A Mere Woman Fighting for the Thing She Loved 300 XL. —And Thus Her Hour Had Come 310 XLI. —Which Tells of the Contents of the Note Book 313 XLII. —Which Tells Once More of Commonplace Incidents 319

THE LAUGHING CAVALIER The Story of The Ancestor of The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy 1914 CONTENTS

AN APOLOGY

THE PROLOGUE

THE ADVENTURE