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
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
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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