THE PATH _of_ HONOR PREVIOUS NOVELS IN “_THE BASTILE SERIES_” OF FASCINATING FRENCH ROMANCE.... BY BURTON E. STEVENSON AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT A Story of the Cellamare Conspiracy “Full of action from start to finish, and the dialogue is bright all the way through.”--_Cincinnati Times-Star._ _Illustrated._ _12mo._ _Cloth, $1.50_ CADETS _of_ GASCONY TWO STORIES _of_ OLD FRANCE “‘Romance pure and simple’ ... and the romance is served up in a delightfully thrilling manner.”--_Los Angeles Herald._ _Illustrated by Anna Whelan Betts._ _12mo._ _Cloth, $1.50_ J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA [Illustration: I WAS ASTONISHED TO SEE THAT HER FACE WAS SCARLET, AND THAT SHE WAS STARING AT ME WITH STARTLED EYES _Page 42_] THE PATH _of_ HONOR A Tale _of_ the War in the Bocage BY BURTON E. STEVENSON AUTHOR OF “AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT,” “CADETS OF GASCONY,” “A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA,” ETC. _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_ OLIVE RUSH AND ETHEL PENNEWILL BROWN [Illustration] PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1910 COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY BURTON E. STEVENSON Under the title of “Tavernay” COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY Published September, 1910 _Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U.S.A._ “For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path.” _Troilus and Cressida_ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. THE TRAP OF SERGEANT DUBOSQ 11 II. IN AN ENEMY I FIND A FRIEND 23 III. I FALL INTO A PLEASANT BONDAGE 40 IV. A SCENT OF DANGER 53 V. I MAKE MY CONFESSION 69 VI. EVE IN THE GARDEN 80 VII. I DARE AND AM FORGIVEN 91 VIII. A SERPENT IN THE GARDEN 99 IX. PASDELOUP 109 X. BREAD UPON THE WATERS 119 XI. AT THE BELLE IMAGE 130 XII. MADNESS BECOMES FRENZY 141 XIII. THE UNFOLDING OF THE DRAMA 151 XIV. A BETTER MAN THAN I 163 XV. THE END OF GABRIELLE’S TOWER 168 XVI. THE TRAGEDY 174 XVII. I TAKE A VOW 184 XVIII. CIRCE’S TOILET 194 XIX. THE FIRST VENTURE 205 XX. A DAGGER OF ANOTHER SORT 218 XXI. FALSE PRETENSES 230 XXII. THE PONIARD AGAIN 242 XXIII. FORTUNE FROWNS 254 XXIV. THE DRAGON’S DEN 267 XXV. IN THE SHADOW 275 XXVI. “COURAGE” 287 XXVII. THE PATH OF HONOR 296