PART III

THE WOMAN XVII. —Splendid Isolation 179 XVIII. —Clever Tactics 185 XIX. —A Crisis 201 XX. —A Farewell 212 XXI. —Royal Thanks 215 XXII. —Paternal Anxiety 221 XXIII. —The Queen's Soirée 228 XXIV. —Gossip 233 XXV. —The First Doubt 238 XXVI. —The Awful Certitude 245 XXVII. —A Fall 267 XXVIII. —Husband and Wife 276 XXIX. —The Fate of the Stuart Prince 294 XXX. —M. de Stainville's Seconds 308 XXXI. —The Final Disappointment 321 XXXII. —The Dawn 328 XXXIII. —The Ride 333 XXXIV. —"Le Monarque" 338 XXXV. —The Stranger 349 XXXVI. —Revenge 359 XXXVII. —The Letter 370 XXXVIII. —The Home in England 375

LORD TONY'S WIFE

AN ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL BY BARONESS ORCZY

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