XII. THE OVERWHELMING REASON

XIII. SANCTUARY

XIV. THE BARRIER

XV. SAFE-CONDUCT

XVI. SUNRISE



SCARAMOUCHE



BOOK I: THE ROBE


CHAPTER I

THE REPUBLICAN


He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was
mad. And that was all his patrimony. His very paternity was
obscure, although the village of Gavrillac had long since dispelled
the cloud of mystery that hung about it. Those simple Brittany folk
were not so simple as to be deceived by a pretended relationship
which did not even possess the virtue of originality. When a