Note: Images of the original pages are available through the Google Books Library Project. See https://books.google.com/books?id=zJgnAAAAMAAJ&hl=en THE DRUMS OF WAR by H. DE VERE STACPOOLE Author of "The Blue Lagoon," "Garryowen," "The Pools of Silence," etc. [Illustration: Logo] New York Duffield & Company 1910 Copyright, 1910, by Duffield & Company The Premier Press New York CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ROAD TO FRANKFORT 1 II. VON LICHTENBERG 6 III. "I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE" 14 IV. ELOISE 18 V. I SEE MYSELF, NOT KNOWING 24 VI. LITTLE CARL 31 VII. THE MAN IN ARMOUR 37 VIII. THE HUNTING-SONG 41 IX. THE FAIRY TALE 46 X. THE DEATH OF VOGEL 57 XI. THE DUEL IN THE WOODS 60 XII. WE RETURN HOME 69 XIII. I FALL INTO DISGRACE 73 XIV. THE RUINED ONES 82 XV. THE PAVILION OF SALUCE 89 XVI. THE VICOMTE 96 PART II XVII. A DÉJEÛNER AT THE CAFÉ DE PARIS 103 XVIII. MY FIRST NIGHT IN PARIS 113 XIX. MY FIRST NIGHT IN PARIS (_Continued_) 121 XX. WHEN IT IS MAY 133 XXI. "O YOUTH, WHAT A STAR THOU ART!" 138 XXII. A POLITICAL RECEPTION 144 XXIII. FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE 154 XXIV. LA PEROUSE 159 XXV. FRANZIUS MEETS ELOISE 165 XXVI. THE TURRET ROOM 173 XXVII. REMORSE 179 XXVIII. THE OLD COAT 185 XXIX. IN THE SUNK GARDEN 192 XXX. THE MARRIAGE OF ELOISE 197 PART III XXXI. THE BALL 203 XXXII. TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM FATE 212 XXXIII. THE OVERTURE TO "UNDINE" 222 XXXIV. PREPARING FOR THE DUEL 231 XXXV. A LESSON WITH THE FOILS 238 XXXVI. THE DUEL 253 XXXVII. MARGARET 261 XXXVIII. THE DRUMS OF WAR 273 XXXIX. NIGHT 287 XL. THE SPIRIT OF EARTH 293 XLI. ENVOI 297 The Drums of War CHAPTER I THE ROAD TO FRANKFORT