PALACES AND PRISONS.
BYMRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.
AUTHOR OF "MARRIED IN HASTE," "MABEL'S MISTAKE," "HEIRESS," "WIVES AND WIDOWS," "DOUBLY FALSE," "MARY DERWENT," "THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS," "RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY," "REJECTED WIFE," "GOLD BRICK," "WIFE'S SECRET," "THE CURSE OF GOLD," "THE OLD HOMESTEAD," "SILENT STRUGGLES," "FASHION AND FAMINE." How little art thou known, oh Liberty! Goddess so blindly worshiped on the earth— Worshiped, in broad and simple majesty, Most in the land which gave thee perfect birth; Ay, birth and baptism, not of tears and blood, Such as have stained thy hand in other climes: Not with a mockery of brotherhood, "Linked with some virtues and a thousand crimes',"— But, with a mighty homage of the mind, We give to thee a lovely woman's form; Because, in that should ever be enshrined All things opposed to treason, war and storm. Thy face is beautiful; we love thy name; If others dye those snowy garments red, And drag thee downward into utter shame, It is not through the path where we have led.
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MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS' WORKS.
Each Work is complete in one volume, 12mo.
- PALACES AND PRISONS.
- MARRIED IN HASTE.
- RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY.
- THE CURSE OF GOLD.
- WIVES AND WIDOWS; OR, THE BROKEN LIFE.
- THE REJECTED WIFE.
- THE GOLD BRICK.
- THE HEIRESS.
- FASHION AND FAMINE.
- THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
- SILENT STRUGGLES.
- MARY DERWENT.
- THE WIFE'S SECRET.
- THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS.
- MABEL'S MISTAKE.
- DOUBLY FALSE.
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CONTENTS.
- I.—THE COUNTESS AND THE DOCTOR. 23
- II.—THE LADY IN THE PARK. 28
- III.—THE EGYPTIAN SCARABEE. 34
- IV.—KING LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH. 38
- V.—THE DWARF AND THE DAUPHINESS. 41
- VI.—HOUSEHOLD FAMINE. 45
- VII.—THE PRISONER OF THE BASTILLE. 53
- VIII.—AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR. 60
- IX.—COUNT DE MIRABEAU AND MONSIEUR JACQUES. 62
- X.—MONSIEUR JACQUES IS INTRUSTED WITH A DELICATE MISSION. 67
- XI.—THE MARKET WOMAN. 71
- XII.—EARLY IN THE MORNING. 74
- XIII.—THEY THREE BREAKFAST TOGETHER. 79
- XIV.—MARGUERITE FINDS HER PATH OF DUTY AMONG THE FLOWERS. 84
- XV.—IN THE DUNGEONS OF THE BASTILLE. 92
- XVI.—THE KING'S WORKSHOP. 100
- XVII.—THE KING AND THE WORKMAN. 105
- XVIII.—THE LANDLADY AND THE WHITE HENS. 113
- XIX.—THE SWISS COTTAGE. 118
- XX.—ROYAL MILKMAIDS. 122
- XXI.—DAME TILLERY TEACHES THE COURT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. 128
- XXII.—THE QUEEN'S PERIL. 132
- XXIII.—COUNT MIRABEAU AND HIS FATHER. 137
- XXIV.—THE OLD NOBLEMAN MAKES CONCESSIONS. 142
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- XXV.—THE LINK WHICH CONNECTED MIRABEAU WITH THE COURT. 146
- XXVI.—THE LANDLADY OF THE SWAN PLUMES HERSELF. 153
- XXVII.—DAME TILLERY PIQUED. 157
- XXVIII.—UNWELCOME GUESTS. 162
- XXIX.—THE QUEEN AND HER LADIES. 166
- XXX.—TRUE WOMANLY POWER. 171
- XXXI.—THE JOY OF A GREAT SURPRISE. 175
- XXXII.—MONSIEUR JACQUES PLEADS BEFORE ROYALTY. 178
- XXXIII.—ZAMARA BRINGS BAD NEWS FOR HIS MISTRESS. 182
- XXXIV.—MADAME'S CRIME COMES HOME TO TORTURE HER. 186
- XXXV.—DAME TILLERY DINES WITH THE COUNTESS DUBERRY. 190
- XXXVI.—THE DISGUISED COUNTESS. 194
- XXXVII.—JOYFUL NEWS. 199
- XXXVIII.—MIRABEAU AND HIS FOSTER BROTHER IN COUNCIL. 203
- XXXIX.—A VISITOR AFTER DARK. 207
- XL.—THE GOVERNOR AND THE PAGE. 211
- XLI.—THE COUNTESS AND HER VICTIM MEET. 216
- XLII.—THE PAGE TRANSFORMED. 221
- XLIII.—THE LAST ROULEAU OF GOLD. 225
- XLIV.—DAME TILLERY OBTAINS AN AUDIENCE IN THE PARK. 230
- XLV.—ONE VIRTUE LEFT. 237
- XLVI.—WAITING FOR THE MORNING. 242
- XLVII.—DEAD SEA FRUIT. 247
- XLVIII.—THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH. 251
- XLIX.—A WOMAN'S NATURE TRANSFORMED. 256
- L.—THE DAME OF THE DAIRY. 261
- LI.—EFFORTS AT ATONEMENT. 265
- LII.—MONSIEUR JACQUES TURNS BLACKSMITH AGAIN. 272
- LIII.—LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS. 276
- LIV.—A DETERMINED BENEFACTOR. 281
- LV.—GENEROSITY AND DIPLOMACY. 285
- LVI.—THE ENERGY OF MADNESS. 288
- LVII.—UNSEXED WOMANHOOD. 292
- LVIII.—THE FIRST ROLL OF THUNDER. 297
- LIX.—THE FIRST DRAW-BRIDGE. 301
- LX.—THE PRISONERS FREE. 306
- LXI.—THEY THREE MEET AGAIN. 309
- LXII.—THE PRISONER AT HOME. 317
- LXIII.—SEARCHING FOR THE SERPENT RING. 321
- LXIV.—DOWN IN THE LEAFY SHADOWS. 326
- LXV.—THE PRISONER AND THE KING. 331
- LXVI.—ON TO VERSAILLES. 336
- LXVII.—LOUISON BRISOT IN THE RUINS. 339
- LXVIII.—MARGUERITE COMFORTS HER FATHER. 348
- LXIX.—QUEENLY STRUGGLES. 356
- LXX.—ENEMIES RECONCILED. 360
- LXXI.—MIND SWAYING MIND. 365
- LXXII.—SPYING AND WATCHING. 371
- LXXIII.—FATHER AND DAUGHTER. 376
- LXXIV.—LOVE. 381
- LXXV.—CRAFT MEETING TREACHERY. 388
- LXXVI.—CRIMINATION AND INDIFFERENCE. 392
- LXXVII.—AMONG THE FLOWERS. 398
- LXXVIII.—THE MARKET WOMAN. 402
- LXXIX.—THE WOMEN OF FRANCE. 406
- LXXX.—TAKING AN OBSERVATION. 412
- LXXXI.—THE MIDNIGHT REVEL. 418
- LXXXII.—THROWING OFF DISGUISES. 423
- LXXXIII.—THE DOUBLE SPY. 430
- LXXXIV.—LOUISON AND MARGUERITE. 436
- LXXXV.—MIRABEAU BUYS FLOWERS. 443
- LXXXVI.—ANOTHER CUSTOMER. 451
- LXXXVII.—THE SEALED LETTER. 456
- LXXXVIII.—DAME TILLERY PROCLAIMS HER HEIRESS. 462
- LXXXIX.—MARGUERITE SEEKS THE QUEEN. 469
- XC.—A BITTER HUMILIATION ACCEPTED. 475
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- XCI.—THE BAFFLED SPY. 482
- XCII.—THE VIPER TURNS. 487
- XCIII.—THE QUEEN'S LETTER. 492
- XCIV.—LOUISON BRISOT VISITS ROBESPIERRE. 498
- XCV.—THE FRAUD OF FASCINATION. 507
- XCVI.—ZAMARA IS MASTER OF THE SITUATION. 512
- XCVII.—BAFFLED AND DEFEATED. 518
- XCVIII.—A THANKLESS LOVER AND HOSTS OF ENEMIES. 525
- XCIX.—FETE IN THE CHAMP DE MARS. 530
- C.—THE QUEEN GIVES UP HER RING. 535
- CI.—ZAMARA IS TEMPTED TO EARN MORE GOLD. 540
- CII.—A LOVER'S QUARREL. 545
- CIII.—PERFECT RECONCILIATION. 551
- CIV.—A THEFT AND AN INSULT. 555
- CV.—THE SECRET OF THE RING. 561
- CVI.—THE OLD MAN FALLS ASLEEP. 564
- CVII.—THE SCARABEE DOES ITS DEADLY WORK. 570
- CVIII.—THE STORMING OF THE TUILERIES. 576
- CIX.—THE PRISONS. 580
- CX.—BOUGHT BY BLOOD. 584
- CXI.—THE GODDESS OF REASON. 587