I did not answer. It was indeed a difficult corner to turn with plain lying, but most happily at that moment we saw a strange and memorable thing. Across the river, from the fort which dominated the town, and also from the high tower of the Mairie, we saw the red flag of revolt flutter down, and simultaneously, like a burst of sunlight, the tricolour was broken out at each mast-head, gay and hopeful in that entrancing Provencal air. Instinctively Rhoda Polly's hand sought mine. We both stood silent and bareheaded as in the presence of the dead, for both of us knew that we had looked our last upon the "Tatter of Scarlet." THE END WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ PRINCESS PENNILESS Crown 8vo, net, 2_s._ Popular Edition, 6_d._ THE DEW OF THEIR YOUTH Crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._ Popular Edition, 6_d._ ROSE OF THE WILDERNESS Cloth, net, 2_s._ Popular Edition, 6_d._ THE CHERRY RIBBAND New Cloth Edition, net, 1_s._ LADS' LOVE Popular Edition, 6_d._ DEEP MOAT GRANGE Popular Edition, 6_d._ LOVE IN PERNICKETTY TOWN Crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._ Popular Edition, 6_d._ THE SMUGGLERS Crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._ Cloth, net, 7_d._ ANNE OF THE BARRICADES Crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._ THE MOSS TROOPERS Crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._ SWEETHEARTS AT HOME Crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._ LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON Transcriber's Notes: Dialect was not altered. Alternate and obsolete spellings in English were retained; French words with circonflex or that lack an accent aigu were not altered. Remaining punctuation was standardized. The list of books by the same author was moved from the beginning to the end of the book. One footnote is indented and follows the paragraph in which the anchor occurs. Other alterations: changed "remoneur" to "ramoneur" ... the woodman, the _ramoneur_ or sweep,... changed "Guguss" to "Gugusse" ... garlic-smelling 'Gugusse' who ... changed "as" to "at" ... just at that moment ... changed "Prefeture" to "Prefecture" ... of the Sous-Prefecture.... added a space between "after a" ... putting a boat to rights after a night's fishing ... changed "beng" to "being" ... roof being long perfected ... changed "wil" to "will" ... the beasts will slink back to their lairs ... removed hyphen from 'fairy-tale' ... at the bottom of this fairy tale.... changed "Espivnet" to "Espivent" ... troops of General Espivent ...