[Illustration: "_I plucked him off the duke and flung him on his back on
the sands_,"]




THE INDISCRETION OF THE DUCHESS

_Being a Story Concerning Two Ladies, a Nobleman, and a Necklace_


BY ANTHONY HOPE


AUTHOR OF "THE PRISONER OF ZENDA," ETC.


NEW YORK

1894





CONTENTS.


I. A MULTITUDE OF GOOD REASONS