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The Laughing Cavalier

Baroness Orczy

Novelsabout 14 h 15 min of listening

An ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel is recruited to kidnap a woman for a few days.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. An Apology
  3. The Prologue
  4. I: New Year’s Eve
  5. II: The Fracas by the Postern Gate
  6. III: An Interlude
  7. IV: Watch-Night
  8. V: Brother and Sister
  9. VI: The Counsels of Prudence
  10. VII: Three Philosophers and Their Friends
  11. VIII: The Lodgings Which Were Paid For
  12. IX: The Painter of Pictures
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  1. X: The Laughing Cavalier
  2. XI: The Bargain
  3. XII: The Portrait
  4. XIII: The Spanish Wench
  5. XIV: After Evensong
  6. XV: The Halt at Bennebrock
  7. XVI: Leyden
  8. XVII: An Understanding
  9. XVIII: The Start
  10. XIX: In the Kingdom of the Night
  11. XX: Back Again in Haarlem
  12. XXI: A Grief-Stricken Father
  13. XXII: A Double Pledge
  14. XXIII: A Spy from the Camp
  15. XXIV: The Birth of Hate
  16. XXV: An Arrant Knave
  17. XXVI: Back to Houdekerk
  18. XXVII: Thence to Rotterdam
  19. XXVIII: Check
  20. XXIX: Check Again
  21. XXX: A Nocturne
  22. XXXI: The Molens
  23. XXXII: A Run Through the Night
  24. XXXIII: The Captive Lion
  25. XXXIV: Protestations
  26. XXXV: The Witness for the Defence
  27. XXXVI: Brother Philosophers
  28. XXXVII: Dawn
  29. XXXVIII: The Hour
  30. XXXIX: “Sauve Qui Peut”
  31. XL: The Loser Pays
  32. XLI: “Vengeance Is Mine”
  33. XLII: The Fight in the Doorway
  34. XLIII: Leyden Once More
  35. XLIV: Blake of Blakeney
  36. XLV: The End
  37. Colophon
  38. Uncopyright

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