CHAPTER PAGE I. ENEMIES 1 II. FRIENDS 19 III. KNAVES 39 IV. FUGITIVES 63 V. RISKS 92 VI. THANKS 110 VII. KISSES 128 VIII. THREATS 146 IX. SWORDS 170 X. WAGERS 190 XI. PROPOSALS 212 XII. TEARS 233 XIII. SURPRISES 253 XIV. ROADS 269 XV. PISTOLS 295 XVI. HORSES 316 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS “‘WHAT ’UD THE COUNTY SAY IF I 4 EXHIBITED THIS HERE BIT O’ WRITING?’” “‘SAVE YOURSELF,’ SHE 101 WHISPERED, RAPIDLY. ‘YOU ARE IN DANGER HERE’” “THE TWO GENTLEMEN MADE THEIR 195 SWORDS RING” “‘UNCLE, I BEG YOU, ON MY 259 KNEES—HIS LIFE!’” “HE SNATCHED THE HANDKERCHIEF 313 FROM HER FACE” “THE HORSES DASHED FORWARD” 333 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE FLIGHT OF GEORGIANA CHAPTER I ENEMIES A LITTLE before noon one gray day in September, 1746, a well-made young fellow, in appearance and fact a gentleman’s servant, rode up the High Street of a town in the North of England, and through the passageway of an inn to the yard. Having entrusted his sorrel nag to an ostler, he hastened to the kitchen, and proceeded to give orders to the landlady with an absence of deference which plainly showed that he spoke not for himself but for his master.