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  THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE

  BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN

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  THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF. A Romance. With Frontispiece and Vignette.Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25.

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  New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.

  THE STORY

  OF

  FRANCIS CLUDDE

  BY

  STANLEY J. WEYMAN

  AUTHOR OF "A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE," "UNDER THE RED ROBE," "MY LADY ROTHA," ETC., ETC.

  _ILLUSTRATED_

  NEW YORK LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1898

  Copyright, 1891, by CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY

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  Copyright, 1897, by LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

  _All rights reserved_

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER

  I. "He, Sire Ane, He,"

  II. In the Bishop's Room,

  III. "Down with Purveyors!"

  IV. Two Sisters of Mercy,

  V. Mistress Bertram,

  VI. Master Clarence,

  VII. On Board the "Framlingham,"

  VIII. A House of Peace,

  IX. Playing with Fire,

  X. The Face in the Porch,

  XI. A Foul Blow,

  XII. Anne's Petition,

  XIII. A Willful Man's Way,

  XIV. At Bay in the Gatehouse,

  XV. Before the Court,

  XVI. In the Duke's Name,

  XVII. A Letter that had Many Escapes,

  XVIII. The Witch's Warning

  XIX. Ferdinand Cludde,

  XX. The Coming Queen,

  XXI. My Father,

  XXII. Sir Anthony's Purpose,

  XXIII. The Last Mass,

  XXIV. Awaiting the Blow,

  XXV. In Harbor at Last,

  THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE.