Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=gIQ1AAAAMAAJ 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. SOPHIA By STANLEY J. WEYMAN * * * THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF. A Romance. With Frontispiece and Vignette. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25. THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE. A Romance. With four Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.25. A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE. Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne, Sieur de Marsac. With Frontispiece and Vignette. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25. UNDER THE RED ROBE. With twelve full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25. MY LADY ROTHA. A Romance of the Thirty Years' War. With eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25. FROM THE MEMOIRS OF A MINISTER OF FRANCE. With thirty-six Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.25. SHREWSBURY. A Romance. With twenty-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.50. THE RED COCKADE. A Novel. With 48 Illustrations by R. Caton Woodville. Crown 8vo, $1.50. THE CASTLE INN. A Novel. With six full-page Illustrations by Walter Appleton Clark. Crown 8vo, $1.50. SOPHIA. A Romance. With twelve full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.50. New York: Longmans, Green, And Co. [Illustration: "ONE MINUTE!" SHE CRIED. P. 118.] SOPHIA A ROMANCE BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN AUTHOR OF "THE CASTLE INN," "A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE," "UNDER THE RED ROBE," "MY LADY ROTHA," ETC. _ILLUSTRATED_ LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK LONDON AND BOMBAY. 1900 Copyright, 1899 BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN * * * Copyright, 1900 BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK To THE GRACIOUS MEMORY OF JAMES PAYN CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A Little Toad. II. At Vauxhall. III. The Clock-maker. IV. A Discovery. V. The World Well Lost. VI. A Chair and a Coach. VII. In Davies Street. VIII. Unmasked. IX. In Clarges Row. X. Sir Hervey Takes the Field. XI. The Tug of War. XII. Don Quixote. XIII. The Welcome Home.