Category: Historical Novels
I. By the Banks of Ouse II. Bletsoe Manor-House III. How Aliva received a Second Suitor IV. In Bedford Castle V. In Elstow Abbey VI. A Penitent VII. "*Arcades Ambo*" VIII. Justice in Bonds IX. An Unexpected Meeting X. Through Ouse Marshes XI. Breathing-Time XII. At the Castle...
I. By the Banks of Ouse II. Bletsoe Manor-House III. How Aliva received a Second Suitor IV. In Bedford Castle V. In Elstow Abbey VI. A Penitent VII. "*Arcades Ambo*" VIII. Justi...
2. Part 2There came a clanking of armed heels and the rattle of a scabbard over the stones of the court-yard, and the young lady turned sharply round. A smile of recognition and a deep f...
3. Part 3But on the morning in question in this chapter the redoubtable Fulke was in a somewhat less defiant, and even in a penitent mood. Not, however, that he had as yet made any act o...
4. Part 4"The damsel," she continued, returning to the present, "is evidently in sore perplexity. She has had much talk with her uncle, the revered archdeacon. Perchance you know her. He...
5. Part 5"'Twas now the merry hour of noon, And in the lofty arched hall Was spread the gorgeous festival. Steward and squire, with heedful haste, Marshalled the rank of every guest; Pag...
6. Part 6"Prithee, friend," she cried to the peasant, "take my palfrey and tend him. You shall be well rewarded. I am the daughter of the lord of Bletsoe, and if I come not to claim him...
7. Part 7After this parabolic remark, he led De Breaute away again to a small hostelry, where they entered a private room. De Breaute perceived that the priest had a proposal to make, bu...
8. Part 8"Sir Ralph de Beauchamp," called out the plucky little judge, trying to lean over the battlements, "I prithee, convey to the king, my royal master, that his servant will never c...
9. Part 9"I have oft heard my uncle tell the story of how King Stephen besieged the castle when our ancestor Milo de Beauchamp held it for the Empress Matilda, nigh upon a hundred years...
10. Part 10The weary weeks the latter had spent as a prisoner since that fatal morning when she was hurried into the castle, and the intense mental anguish she had endured since the helmet...
11. Part 11To engage in such open rebellion against Henry was a somewhat different matter to joining in the confederation of barons against the tyranny and injustice of King John, as Willi...
12. Part 12"But see here," Ralph went on. "The good father has had writ out for me a copy of the entry of Sir Fulke's history, as recorded by the scribe of the monastery to be laid in the...