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  THE RED TAVERN

  "'Hast thou peace and provender for a wayfaring knight?'"

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  THE RED TAVERN

  by

  C. R. MACAULEY

  New York and LondonD. Appleton and Company1914

  Copyright, 1914, byD. Appleton and Company

  Printed in the United States of America

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  PROLOGUE 1

  I. A WARRANT UPON DOUGLAS 18

  II. ON THE WAY TO CASTLE YEWE 32

  III. OF A NIGHT IN THE RED TAVERN 44

  IV. THE INCIDENT OF THE WOLF-HOUND 59

  V. THE INCIDENT OF THE CUTTING OF SAFFRON VELVET 81

  VI. THE PAVILION OF PURPLE AND BLACK 94

  VII. OF THE AWAKENING OF SIR RICHARD 104

  VIII. OF A QUARREL AND A CHALLENGE 117

  IX. OF AN AMBUSCADE, A DUEL, AND AN ESCAPE 133

  X. OF A NIGHT IN A SHEPHERD'S HUT, AND A SURPRISE IN THE MORNING 147

  XI. OF HOW SIR RICHARD CAME TO CASTLE YEWE 165

  XII. OF THE DELIVERY OF THE KING'S WARRANT 187

  XIII. OF THE INCIDENT OF THE COBBLER'S FEAST 205

  XIV. OF A SERIES OF REMARKABLE DUELS, AND DE CLAVERLOK'S PERIL 217

  XV. OF THE GALLERY OF THE GRIFFIN'S HEADS 229

  XVI. OF THE RETURN OF LORD DOUGLAS, AND THE COUNCIL OF JACKDAWS 250

  XVII. OF A JOUST WITH BULL BENGOUGH, AND THE INCIDENT OF THE KNIGHT IN BLACK 267

  XVIII. OF SIR RICHARD'S MEETING WITH THE FOOT-BOYS, AND HIS RETURN TO THE RED TAVERN 285

  XIX. OF THE RESCUE OF THE MAIDEN 300

  XX. OF HOW SIR RICHARD CAME TO THE SHEPHERD'S HUT, AND THE RETURN OF TYRRELL 320

  XXI. OF HOW SIR RICHARD LISTENED TO A STORY IN THE FOREST 335

  XXII. OF HOW ONCE MORE THE YOUNG KNIGHT JOURNEYED SOUTHWARD 343

  XXIII. OF A VISION IN THE FOREST OF LAMMERMUIR 358

  XXIV. OF HOW SIR RICHARD PLAYED THE KING IN HIS LITTLE KINGDOM 369

  XXV. OF THE END OF THE RED TAVERN AND ITS FITTING EPITAPH 382

  XXVI. OF HOW A FLEDGLING DROPPED FROM THE CONSPIRATOR'S NEST 397

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