These Old Shades
A duke takes in a young boy, only to discover that the boy is actually a noblewoman in disguise.
Contents
- Imprint
- Epigraph
- I: His Grace of Avon Buys a Soul
- II: Introducing the Comte de Saint-Vire
- III: Which Tells of a Debt Unpaid
- IV: His Grace of Avon Becomes Further Acquainted with His Page
- V: His Grace of Avon Visits Versailles
- VI: His Grace of Avon Refuses to Sell His Page
- VII: Satan and Priest at One
- VIII: Hugh Davenant Is Amazed
- IX: Léon and Léonie
- X: Lady Fanny’s Virtue Is Outraged
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- XI: Mr. Marling’s Heart Is Won
- XII: His Grace of Avon’s Ward
- XIII: The Education of Léonie
- XIV: The Appearance on the Scene of Lord Rupert Alastair
- XV: Lord Rupert Makes the Acquaintance of Léonie
- XVI: The Coming of the Comte de Saint-Vire
- XVII: Of a Capture, a Chase, and Confusion
- XVIII: The Indignation of Mr. Manvers
- XIX: Lord Rupert Wins the Second Trick
- XX: His Grace of Avon Takes Command of the Game
- XXI: The Discomfiture of the Comte de Saint-Vire
- XXII: The Arrival of Another Player in the Game
- XXIII: Mr. Marling Allows Himself to Be Persuaded
- XXIV: Hugh Davenant Is Agreeably Surprised
- XXV: Léonie Curtsies to the Polite World
- XXVI: The Presentation of Léonie
- XXVII: The Hand of Madame de Verchoureux
- XXVIII: The Comte de Saint-Vire Discovers an Ace in His Hand
- XXIX: The Disappearance of Léonie
- XXX: His Grace of Avon Trumps the Comte’s Ace
- XXXI: His Grace of Avon Wins All
- XXXII: His Grace of Avon Astonishes Everyone for the Last Time
- Colophon
- Uncopyright
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