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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 8

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by Robert Louis Stevenson




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  THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

  SWANSTON EDITION

  VOLUME VIII

  _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._

  _This is No. ........._

  FACSIMILE OF A DRAWING BY R. L. S. WHEN HE WAS STAYINGAT LE MONASTIER IN 1878]

  THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

  VOLUME EIGHT

  LONDON : PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS : IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED : WILLIAM HEINEMANN : AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  CONTENTS

  THE BLACK ARROW

  PROLOGUE PAGE John Amend-all 7

  BOOK I.--THE TWO LADS

  CHAPTER I. AT THE SIGN OF THE "SUN" IN KETTLEY 25

  II. IN THE FEN 34

  III. THE FEN FERRY 40

  IV. A GREENWOOD COMPANY 48

  V. "BLOODY AS THE HUNTER" 56

  VI. TO THE DAY'S END 65

  VII. THE HOODED FACE 72

  BOOK II.--THE MOAT HOUSE

  I. DICK ASKS QUESTIONS 83

  II. THE TWO OATHS 92

  III. THE ROOM OVER THE CHAPEL 100

  IV. THE PASSAGE 107

  V. HOW DICK CHANGED SIDES 112

  BOOK III.--MY LORD FOXHAM

  I. THE HOUSE BY THE SHORE 123

  II. A SKIRMISH IN THE DARK 131

  III. ST. BRIDE'S CROSS 138

  IV. THE "GOOD HOPE" 142

  V. THE "GOOD HOPE" (_continued_) 151

  VI. THE "GOOD HOPE" (_concluded_) 157

  BOOK IV.--THE DISGUISE

  I. THE DEN 165

  II. "IN MINE ENEMIES' HOUSE" 173

  III. THE DEAD SPY 183

  IV. IN THE ABBEY CHURCH 191

  V. EARL RISINGHAM 200

  VI. ARBLASTER AGAIN 204

  BOOK V.--CROOKBACK

  I. THE SHRILL TRUMPET 217

  II. THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY 224

  III. THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY (_concluded_) 231

  IV. THE SACK OF SHOREBY 236

  V. NIGHT IN THE WOODS: ALICIA RISINGHAM 246

  VI. NIGHT IN THE WOODS (_concluded_): DICK AND JOAN 254

  VII. DICK'S REVENGE 264

  VIII. CONCLUSION 268

  MARKHEIM 273

  THE BLACK ARROW

  A TALE OF THE TWO ROSES

 

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