Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover art] [Illustration: THE FIGHT IN THE FORGE] BEAU BROCADE A ROMANCE BY THE BARONESS ORCZY _POPULAR EDITION_ _WITH FRONTISPIECE BY H. M. BROCK_ LONDON GREENING & CO. LTD. 1912 Copyright in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Dominion of Canada and in the United States of America All dramatic rights are strictly reserved and protected. Entered at Stationers’ Hall, March 6th, 1906 CONTENTS PART I.—THE FORGE. CHAP. I. BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT II. THE FORGE OF JOHN STICH III. THE FUGITIVE IV. JOCK MIGGS, THE SHEPHERD V. "THERE’S NONE LIKE HER, NONE!" VI. A SQUIRE OF HIGH DEGREE VII. THE HALT AT THE MOORHEN VIII. THE REJECTED SUITOR IX. SIR HUMPHREY’S FAMILIAR X. A STRANGER AT THE FORGE XI. THE STRANGER’S NAME XII. THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE ROSE XIII. A PROPOSAL AND A THREAT XIV. THE FIGHT IN THE FORGE PART II.—THE HEATH. XV. THE OUTLAW XVI. A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH XVII. A FAITHFUL FRIEND XVIII. MOONLIGHT ON THE HEATH XIX. HIS OATH PART III.—BRASSINGTON. XX. A THRILLING NARRATIVE XXI. MASTER MITTACHIP’S IDEA XXII. AN INTERLUDE XXIII. A DARING PLAN XXIV. HIS HONOUR, SQUIRE WEST XXV. SUCCESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT XXVI. THE MAN HUNT XXVII. JOCK MIGGS’S ERRAND XXVIII. THE QUARRY XXIX. THE DAWN PART IV.—H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. XXX. SUSPENSE XXXI. "WE’VE GOTTEN BEAU BROCADE" XXXII. A PAINFUL INCIDENT XXXIII. THE AWAKENING XXXIV. A LIFE FOR A LIFE XXXV. QUITS XXXVI. THE AGONY OF PARTING XXXVII. REPARATION XXXVIII. THE JOY OF RE-UNION BEAU BROCADE PART I THE FORGE CHAPTER I BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT The gaffers stood round and shook their heads. When the Corporal had finished reading the Royal Proclamation, one or two of them sighed in a desultory fashion, others murmured casually, "Lordy! Lordy! to think on it! Dearie me!"