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Emma Orczy
Beau Brocade: Historical Novel
Historical Novel
Published by
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2018 OK Publishing
ISBN 978-80-272-4540-6
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER II THE FORGE OF JOHN STICH
CHAPTER IV JOCK MIGGS, THE SHEPHERD
CHAPTER V "THERE'S NONE LIKE HER, NONE!"
CHAPTER VI A SQUIRE OF HIGH DEGREE
CHAPTER VII THE HALT AT THE MOORHEN
CHAPTER VIII THE REJECTED SUITOR
CHAPTER IX SIR HUMPHREY'S FAMILIAR
CHAPTER X A STRANGER AT THE FORGE
CHAPTER XI THE STRANGER'S NAME
CHAPTER XII THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE ROSE
CHAPTER XIII A PROPOSAL AND A THREAT
CHAPTER XIV THE FIGHT IN THE FORGE
CHAPTER XVI A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH
CHAPTER XVII A FAITHFUL FRIEND
CHAPTER XVIII MOONLIGHT ON THE HEATH
CHAPTER XX A THRILLING NARRATIVE
CHAPTER XXI MASTER MITTACHIP'S IDEA
CHAPTER XXIV HIS HONOUR, SQUIRE WEST
CHAPTER XXV SUCCESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XXVII JOCK MIGGS'S ERRAND
PART IV H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND
CHAPTER XXXI "WE'VE GOTTEN BEAU BROCADE!"
CHAPTER XXXII A PAINFUL INCIDENT
CHAPTER XXXIV A LIFE FOR A LIFE
CHAPTER XXXVI THE AGONY OF PARTING
CHAPTER XXXVIII THE JOY OF RE-UNION
PART I
THE FORGE
CHAPTER I
BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
The gaffers stood round and shook their heads.
When the Corporal had finished reading the Royal Proclamation, one or two of them sighed in a desultory fashion, others murmured casually, "Lordy! Lordy! to think on it! Dearie me!"
The young ones neither sighed nor murmured. They looked at one another furtively, then glanced away again, as if afraid to read each other's thoughts, and in a shamefaced manner wiped their moist hands against their rough cord breeches.
There were no women present fortunately: there had been heavy rains on