[Illustration: AN IMMENSE WOLF ENTERED THE ROOM, WALKING ON ITS HIND LEGS PAGE 29] THE NOVELS OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS THE WOLF-LEADER NEWLY TRANSLATED BY ALFRED ALLINSON NEVER BEFORE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH WITH THREE COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANK ADAMS METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON [_Copyright: all rights reserved_] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE AN IMMENSE WOLF ENTERED THE ROOM, WALKING ON ITS HIND LEGS _Frontispiece_ A YOUNG GIRL SUDDENLY EMERGED FROM THE UNDERWOOD 23 THE BARON’S HORSE SHIED, THROWING THE RIDER OVER ITS HEAD 80 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION.--WHO MOCQUET WAS, AND HOW THIS TALE BECAME KNOWN TO THE NARRATOR 1 I.--THE GRAND MASTER OF HIS HIGHNESS’ WOLF HOUNDS 12 II.--THE SEIGNEUR JEAN AND THE SABOT MAKER 16 III.--AGNELETTE 22 IV.--THE BLACK WOLF 27 V.--THE PACT WITH SATAN 31 VI.--THE BEDEVILLED HAIR 35 VII.--THE BOY AT THE MILL 40 VIII.--THIBAULT’S WISHES 44 IX.--THE WOLF-LEADER 47 X.--MAÎTRE MAGLOIRE 51 XI.--DAVID AND GOLIATH 55 XII.--WOLVES IN THE SHEEP-FOLD 60 XIII.--WHERE IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT A WOMAN NEVER SPEAKS MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN WHEN SHE HOLDS HER TONGUE 67 XIV.--A VILLAGE WEDDING 72 XV.--THE LORD OF VAUPARFOND 76 XVI.--MY LADY’S LADY 80 XVII.--THE BARON DE MONT-GOBERT 84 XVIII.--DEATH AND RESURRECTION 88 XIX.--THE DEAD AND THE LIVING 90 XX.--TRUE TO TRYST 94 XXI.--THE GENIUS OF EVIL 99 XXII.--THIBAULT’S LAST WISH 105 XXIII.--THE ANNIVERSARY 108