The House of Egremont [Illustration: ROGER WALKED AROUND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUSH ... HAT IN HAND] The House of Egremont _A Novel_ By Molly Elliot Seawell ILLUSTRATED BY C. M. RELYEA New York Charles Scribner’s Sons 1900 _Copyright, 1900_ BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS _Dramatic and all other rights reserved_ UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. IN WHICH ROGER EGREMONT MAKES HIS BOW TO THE WORLD 1 II. ROGER EGREMONT MAKES INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE WITH TWO PERSONS, WHO EXERCISE GREAT BUT WIDELY DIFFERING INFLUENCES UPON HIS LIFE,--TO WIT, THE DEVIL AND MISS BESS LUKENS 25 III. ONCE MORE AT EGREMONT 49 IV. SHOWING HOW ROGER EGREMONT FALLS INTO GOOD COMPANY 62 V. THE EASTER TUESDAY MASQUERADE ON THE TERRACE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 87 VI. “YOUR LOVER IS EVER IN A BAD WAY WHEN THE OTHER WOMAN APPEARS” 121 VII. IN WHICH ROGER EGREMONT MEETS WITH BOTH GOOD AND ILL FORTUNE 148 VIII. WHEREIN THE PRINCESS MICHELLE IS PUT IN THE WAY OF SECURING THE DESTINY OF WHICH SHE HAS LONG DREAMED 172 IX. “I WISH YOU TO COME WITH ME” 193 X. HO! FOR ORLAMUNDE 217 XI. THE JOURNEY, AND SOME CONFIDENCES MADE BY ROGER EGREMONT TO THE PRINCESS MICHELLE 235 XII. “YOU HAVE BROUGHT ME TO THE GATE OF PARADISE, AND HAVE SHOWN ME THE GLORY OF THE BEAUTY WITHIN--AND THEN HAVE THRUST ME AWAY!” 256 XIII. THE PALACE OF MONPLAISIR--THE ABODE OF THE MOST HIGH, MOST MIGHTY, AND MOST PUISSANT PRINCE OF ORLAMUNDE 280 XIV. ROGER EGREMONT HAS A LITTLE ADVENTURE IN A GARDEN AT NEERWINDEN AND BECOMES A MAJOR IN THE FINEST BRIGADE IN THE WORLD 301 XV. IN WHICH AN EGREMONT HAS THE HAPPINESS OF RETURNING TO HIS NATIVE LAND--AND WHAT BEFELL HIM THERE 328 XVI. ONCE MORE IN THE SALOON OF THE SWANS 352 XVII. IN WHICH CAPTAIN ROGER EGREMONT ACTS AS COACHMAN, AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THE DUKE OF BERWICK AS FOOTMAN 375 XVIII. ROGER EGREMONT HAS HIS LAST FIGHT WITH THE DEVIL 401 XIX. IF A MAN GIVETH HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS, HE CAN DO NO MORE 424