Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive (University of Toronto) Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://www.archive.org/details/maninblackillust00weymuoft (University of Toronto) THE MAN IN BLACK [Illustration: "'IF YOU WANT ME TO--DRAW HER HOROSCOPE,' THE ASTROLOGER REPLIED" (_p_. 89).] The Man in Black BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN _Author of "A Gentleman of France" "The Story of Francis Cludde" etc_. Illustrated by WAL PAGET AND H. M. PAGET SIXTH THOUSAND CASSELL AND COMPANY Limited _London Paris & Melbourne_ 1894 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Fair at Fécamp. II. Solomon Nôtredame. III. Man and Wife. IV. The House with Two Doors. V. The Upper Portal. VI. The Powder of Attraction. VII. Clytæmnestra. VIII. The Mark of Cain. IX. Before the Court. X. Two Witnesses. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "'If you want me to draw her horoscope,' the astrologer replied." Frontispiece "The showman was counting his gains into his pouch." "Jehan went trembling and found the hole." "The astrologer rose slowly from his seat." "Jehan leapt back with a shriek of pain." "For a second the man in black stood breathless." "'Madame! Madame de Vidoche, if you please!'" "He watched her every motion." "In a moment he was down, writhing on the floor." "'Who stole him? Where has he been?'" "They were carrying him." "A man, half-naked, ... crawled on to the highroad." THE MAN IN BLACK. CHAPTER I. The Fair At Fécamp. "_I am Jehan de Bault, Seigneur of--I know not where, and Lord of seventeen lordships in the County of---I forget the name, of a most noble and puissant family, possessing the High Justice, the Middle, and the Low. In my veins runs the blood of Roland, and of my forefathers were three marshals of France. I stand here, the_----"