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CONTENTS.

• BOOK I.

  CHAPTER

  PAGE

  • I. —Cecil Court 5

  • II. —My Adventure at Wendover 11

  • III. —The Lady of Wendover again 14

  • IV. —How Harry had come to drive a Coach all the Way to
    Scotland 19

  • V. —I enter the Queen's Guards 24

  • VI. —Horses for France 27

  • VII. —What took place by Moonlight in Oatlands Park 31

  • VIII. —What a Pie contained 36

  • IX. —I go to Rosemary Lane, and meet with an Ugly Adventure
    39

  • X. —A Terrible Personage 44

  • XI. —The Cavalier in Purple Velvet 50

  • XII. —The Little Queen 53

  • XIII. —My Traveling-Companion 57

  • XIV. —I make the Acquaintance of Mr. Cromwell 62

  • XV. —A Combat by Moonlight 65

  • XVI. —Sir Theodore Mayherne 70

  • XVII. —I visit a Gentleman afterwards famous throughout the
    World 72

  • XVIII. —A Moonlight Colloquy, and what followed it 78

  • XIX. —The Sting of an Insect 83

  • XX. —Good-by, Sweet-heart! 90

  • XXI. —How I was compelled for a Time to take no further
    Part in Public Affairs 95

  • XXII. —The Portrait of Strafford 100

  • XXIII. —I return to Cecil Court 105

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• BOOK II.

  • I. —Dreams at Cecil Court 109

  • II. —A Friend of the King 114

  • III. —A Friend of the Parliament 117

  • IV. —A Young Gentleman without Opinions of any Consequence
    122

  • V. —I am conducted before Prince Rupert 128

  • VI. —Swords and Plumes at Cecil Court 135

  • VII. —Brothers 141

  • VIII. —I visit the Hague 144

  • IX. —A Good Wife 147

  • X. —My Fate 151

• BOOK III.

  • I. —The Adventures of a Queen 155

  • II. —A Female General 160

  • III. —Harry and I 167

  • IV. —I go with Lord Falkland to his House of Great Tew 173

  • V. —The Last Greeting 178

  • VI. —Chalgrove 181

  • VII. —Newbury 188

  • VIII. —I meet with an Old Acquaintance in Disguise 194

  • IX. —Angel and Pigmy 199

• BOOK IV.

  • I. —Bedford House in Exeter 204

  • II. —I am sent with a Flag to Lord Essex 211

  • III. —Lord Essex 213

  • IV. —The Fate of a Queen 218

  • V. —The Courage of a Woman 227

  • VI. —My Promise 232

  • VII. —The Last Hope of the King and of the Cecils 237

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  • VIII. —Back to Cecil Court 242

  • IX. —I go to Charlecote and meet with an Adventure 244

  • X. —The Flight from Charlecote 249

  • XI. —On the Highway 256

  • XII. —My Parting with Frances Villiers 259

• BOOK V.

  • I. —On the Bridge near Holmby House 262

  • II. —Tailor turned Soldier 265

  • III. —The Escape from Hampton Court 268

  • IV. —Carisbrooke Castle 275

  • V. —Eikon Basilike 278

  • VI. —The Plan of Escape 281

  • VII. —The Hour at Last 285

  • VIII. —The Scene at Westminster Hall 290

  • IX. —The Hammering 298

  • X. —The Walk to Whitehall 303

  • XI. —The Execution 308

  • XII. —So went the King white to his Grave 312

  • XIII. —An Old Cavalier of the King 315

  • XIV. —The House beside the Highway 319

  • XV. —Home Again 322

  • XVI. —A Friend in Need, and Indeed 323

  • XVII. —Virginia 328

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