Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 44182-h.htm or 44182-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44182/44182-h/44182-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44182/44182-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/redtavern00macaiala THE RED TAVERN [Illustration: "'Hast thou peace and provender for a wayfaring knight?'" [Page 45]] THE RED TAVERN by C. R. MACAULEY [Illustration] New York and London D. Appleton and Company 1914 Copyright, 1914, by D. Appleton and Company Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE PROLOGUE 1 I. A WARRANT UPON DOUGLAS 18 II. ON THE WAY TO CASTLE YEWE 32 III. OF A NIGHT IN THE RED TAVERN 44 IV. THE INCIDENT OF THE WOLF-HOUND 59 V. THE INCIDENT OF THE CUTTING OF SAFFRON VELVET 81 VI. THE PAVILION OF PURPLE AND BLACK 94 VII. OF THE AWAKENING OF SIR RICHARD 104 VIII. OF A QUARREL AND A CHALLENGE 117 IX. OF AN AMBUSCADE, A DUEL, AND AN ESCAPE 133 X. OF A NIGHT IN A SHEPHERD'S HUT, AND A SURPRISE IN THE MORNING 147 XI. OF HOW SIR RICHARD CAME TO CASTLE YEWE 165 XII. OF THE DELIVERY OF THE KING'S WARRANT 187 XIII. OF THE INCIDENT OF THE COBBLER'S FEAST 205 XIV. OF A SERIES OF REMARKABLE DUELS, AND DE CLAVERLOK'S PERIL 217 XV. OF THE GALLERY OF THE GRIFFIN'S HEADS 229 XVI. OF THE RETURN OF LORD DOUGLAS, AND THE COUNCIL OF JACKDAWS 250 XVII. OF A JOUST WITH BULL BENGOUGH, AND THE INCIDENT OF THE KNIGHT IN BLACK 267 XVIII. OF SIR RICHARD'S MEETING WITH THE FOOT-BOYS, AND HIS RETURN TO THE RED TAVERN 285 XIX. OF THE RESCUE OF THE MAIDEN 300 XX. OF HOW SIR RICHARD CAME TO THE SHEPHERD'S HUT, AND THE RETURN OF TYRRELL 320 XXI. OF HOW SIR RICHARD LISTENED TO A STORY IN THE FOREST 335 XXII. OF HOW ONCE MORE THE YOUNG KNIGHT JOURNEYED SOUTHWARD 343 XXIII. OF A VISION IN THE FOREST OF LAMMERMUIR 358 XXIV. OF HOW SIR RICHARD PLAYED THE KING IN HIS LITTLE KINGDOM 369