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THE FOOL


BY
H. C. BAILEY

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published in 1921

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

  • THE SEA CAPTAIN
  • THE GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER
  • THE HIGHWAYMAN
  • THE GAMESTERS
  • THE YOUNG LOVERS
  • THE PILLAR OF FIRE
  • BARRY LEROY
  • CALL MR. FORTUNE
  • HIS SERENE HIGHNESS


CONTENTS

  1. chappage
  2. I. Playing Knuckle-Bones 1
  3. II. The Empress goes Riding 10
  4. III. Telling Fortunes 23
  5. IV. King by Right 31
  6. V. Quest of a Queen 44
  7. VI. The Queen's Deliverance 52
  8. VII. The Queen's Choice 58
  9. VIII. The Old World 67
  10. IX. The Old Justice 76
  11. X. Flint and Steel 92
  12. XI. The Fire 101
  13. XII. The Ashes 108
  14. XIII. Of a Child 115
  15. XIV. Of a Witch 122
  16. XV. Dead Lives 129
  17. XVI. "What shall He Have that Killed the Deer?" 140
  18. XVII. The Hammer 149
  19. XVIII. The Ironmaster 155
  20. XIX. When Friends Fall Out 165
  21. XX. The Battle 175
  22. XXI. The Triumph 185
  23. XXII. Long Live the King! 192
  24. XXIII. Brothers 199
  25. XXIV. The Pilgrim 209
  26. XXV. Iron 217
  27. XXVI. The Queen's Embroidery 225
  28. XXVII. The Holy City 241
  29. catalogue

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