Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) [Illustration: 'Here Is a Very Important Letter'] Pride One of the Seven Cardinal Sins By Eugene Sue Illustrated with Etchings by Adrian Marcel In Two Volumes Dana Estes & Company Publishers Boston _Copyright, 1899_ BY FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO. THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS PRIDE CONTENTS. Vol. I. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE OLD COMMANDER 13 II. THE BRAVE DUKE 24 III. THE DINNER IN THE ARBOUR 32 IV. THE DUCHESS 41 V. THE LION OF THE BALL 54 VI. THE DUEL 66 VII. THE PRETTY MUSICIAN 73 VIII. THE UNHAPPY SECRET 79 IX. THE PRIVATE INTERVIEW 89 X. REVELATIONS 96 XI. THE PURSE OF MONEY 106 XII. A VAIN INTERVIEW 115 XIII. UNEXPECTED CONSOLATION 125 XIV. THE SOLEMN COMPACT 136 XV. A GLORIOUS DREAM 145 XVI. AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE REFUSAL 154 XVII. PRESUMPTION AND INDIGNATION 161 XVIII. A PURELY BUSINESS TRANSACTION 171 XIX. IN M. DE MORNAND'S STUDY 177 XX. ATTENTIONS TO THE HEIRESS 185 XXI. THE HUNCHBACK MEETS THE HEIRESS 195 XXII. AN ORGY OF SINCERITY 204 XXIII. AN INVOLUNTARY AVERSION 213 XXIV. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR 224 XXV. MATRIMONIAL INTENTIONS DISCLOSED 232 XXVI. THE COMMANDER'S ADVICE 242 XXVII. THE ABODE OF THE DUCHESS 251 XXVIII. A SACRED MISSION 261 XXIX. HUMILIATION AND CONSOLATION 273 XXX. AN APOLOGY ACCEPTED 283 XXXI. THE PRIVATE STAIRWAY 293 XXXII. UNBURDENING THE HEART 302 XXXIII. THE THREE RIVALS 310 XXXIV. TORMENTED BY DOUBTS 321 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE "'HERE IS A VERY IMPORTANT LETTER'" _Frontispiece_ "RAN HIS BLADE THROUGH HIS ANTAGONIST'S RIGHT ARM" 69 "SHE HELD OUT THE BANK-NOTE" 130