# Palaces and prisons Author: Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 Genre: Category: Historical Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76772 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Palaces+and+prisons+Stephens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary A beautiful woman—if a coarse nature ever can give beauty to faultless features—sat in one of those charming little saloons which made the Grand Trianon the gayest and most popular palace in France. She was not alone—such women usually avoid solitude; but the person who stood before her that day was so unlike any of the venal courtiers that usually surrounded her, that his presence there, in itself, was remarkable. He was a tall, spare man, a little under thirty. His hair was flaxen, soft, and of that exceeding fineness, which is seldom found except upon the head of an infant. His eyes were of a keen, variable gray, sometimes pale in their color, sometimes almost black. The face was one o... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER LXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/67/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/94/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/68/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/85/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/61/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/97/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/88/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/89/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/84/index.md) - [CHAPTER LI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/51/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/93/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/82/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/87/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/71/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/79/index.md) - [CHAPTER CII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/102/index.md) - [CHAPTER CVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/107/index.md) - [CHAPTER XC.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/90/index.md) - [CHAPTER CIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/104/index.md) - [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/83/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/81/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/74/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/73/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/80/index.md) - [CHAPTER CVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/106/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/63/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/96/index.md) - [CHAPTER CXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/111/index.md) - [CHAPTER C.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/100/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/76/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/99/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/64/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/72/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/53/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/86/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/95/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/57/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/49/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/70/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER L.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/50/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/91/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/98/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/65/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/92/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/77/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/45/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/59/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/48/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/58/index.md) - [CHAPTER LII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/52/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/56/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/75/index.md) - [CHAPTER CI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/101/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/54/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER CX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/110/index.md) - [CHAPTER CVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/108/index.md) - [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/69/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/78/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/62/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/66/index.md) - [CHAPTER CIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/109/index.md) - [CHAPTER CV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/105/index.md) - [CHAPTER LX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/60/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER CIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/103/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER LV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/palaces-and-prisons-76772/chapters/55/index.md)