# The Snare Author: Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 Genre: Category: Historical Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2687 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Snare+Sabatini&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary It is established beyond doubt that Mr. Butler was drunk at the time. This rests upon the evidence of Sergeant Flanagan and the troopers who accompanied him, and it rests upon Mr. Butler’s own word, as we shall see. And let me add here and now that however wild and irresponsible a rascal he may have been, yet by his own lights he was a man of honour, incapable of falsehood, even though it were calculated to save his skin. I do not deny that Sir Thomas Picton has described him as a “thieving blackguard.” But I am sure that this was merely the downright, rather extravagant manner, of censure peculiar to that distinguished general, and that those who have taken the expression at its purely l... ## Chapters - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-snare-2687/chapters/18/index.md)