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The Grey Cloak

Chapter 19 A PAGE FROM MYTHOLOGY BY THE WAY AND A LETTER

Word Count: 3293    |    Released on: 30/11/2017

A man's brain can accept only so many blows or surprises at one time; after that he becomes dazed, incapable of lucid thought. At this moment it seemed to the Chevalier that he was passing through some extravagant dream. The marquis was unreal; yonder was a vapor assuming the form of a woman. He stared patiently, waiting for the dream to dissolve.

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The Grey Cloak
The Grey Cloak
Harold MacGrath Literature
“In this novel a wide field of action is spread, many and varied characters live their daring and brilliant lives, and through it all the man and the woman whom the reader has learned to love walk in safety to a joyful climax.”
1 Chapter 1 THE MAN IN THE CLOAK.2 Chapter 2 THE TOILET OF THE CHEVALIER DU CEVENNES3 Chapter 3 THE MUTILATED HAND4 Chapter 4 AN AENEAS FOR AN ACHATES5 Chapter 5 THE HORN OF PLENTY AND MONSIEUR DE SAUMAISE'S POTPIE6 Chapter 6 AN ACHATES FOR AN AENEAS7 Chapter 7 THE PHILOSOPHY OF MONSIEUR LE MARQUIS DE PERIGNY8 Chapter 8 THE LAST ROUT9 Chapter 9 THE FIFTY PISTOLES OF MONSIEUR LE VICOMTE10 Chapter 10 THE DILIGENCE FROM ROUEN AND THE MASQUERADING LADIES11 Chapter 11 MONSIEUR LE COMTE D'HEROUVILLE12 Chapter 12 ACHATES WRITES A BALLADE OF DOUBLE REFRAIN13 Chapter 13 TEN THOUSAND LIVRES IN A POCKET14 Chapter 14 BRETON FINDS A MARKER FOR HIS COPY OF RABELAIS15 Chapter 15 THE SUPPER16 Chapter 16 THE POET EXPLAINS TO MONSIEUR DE LAUSON17 Chapter 17 WHAT THE SHIP HENRI IV BRINGS TO QUEBEC18 Chapter 18 THE MASTER OF IRONIES19 Chapter 19 A PAGE FROM MYTHOLOGY BY THE WAY AND A LETTER20 Chapter 20 A DEATH WARRANT OR A MARRIAGE CONTRACT21 Chapter 21 AN INGENIOUS IDEA AND A WOMAN'S WIT22 Chapter 22 D'HEROUVILLE THREATENS AND MADAME FINDS A DROLL BOOK23 Chapter 23 A MARQUIS DONS HIS BALDRIC24 Chapter 24 SISTER BENIE AND A DISSERTATION ON CHARITY25 Chapter 25 OF ORIOLES AND WOMAN'S PREROGATIVES26 Chapter 26 BROTHER JACQUES TELLS THE STORY OP HIAWATHA27 Chapter 27 ONONDAGA28 Chapter 28 THE FLASH FROM THE SPURT OF FLAME29 Chapter 29 A JOURNEY INTO THE HILLS AND30 Chapter 30 THE VICOMTE D'HALLUYS RECEIVES31 Chapter 31 THE EPIC OF THE HUNTING HUT32 Chapter 32 THE ENVOI OF A GALLANT POET33 Chapter 33 HOW GABRIELLE DIANE DE MONTBAZON LOVED34 Chapter 34 THE ABSOLUTION OF MONSIEUR LE MARQUIS DE PERIGNY35 Chapter 35 BROTHER!