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PETTICOAT RULE
BY
BARONESS ORCZY
AUTHOR OF "THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL," "I WILL REPAY," "THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL," ETC.
HODDER & STOUGHTON
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1909,
By Baroness Orczy
Copyright, 1910,
By George H. Doran Company
TO
THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON
THE KIND FRIEND WHOSE APPRECIATION HAS CHEERED ME, THE
IDEALIST WHOSE WORK HAS GUIDED ME, THE BRILLIANT
INTELLECT WHOSE PRAISE HAS ENCOURAGED ME
This Book is Dedicated
IN TOKEN OF ADMIRATION, REGARD, AND FRIENDSHIP
EMMUSKA ORCZY
CONTENTS
| PART I | ||
| THE GIRL | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | —A Farewell Banquet | 3 |
| II. | —The Rulers of France | 10 |
| III. | —Pompadour's Choice | 23 |
| IV. | —A Woman's Surrender | 32 |
| V. | —The First Trick | 45 |
| VI. | —A False Position | 51 |
| VII. | —The Young Pretender | 58 |
| VIII. | —The Last Trick | 72 |
| IX. | —The Winning Hand | 82 |
| PART II | ||
| THE STATESMAN | ||
| X. | —The Beggar on Horseback | 95 |
| XI. | —La Belle Irène | 103 |
| XII. | —The Promises of France | 112 |
| XIII. | —The Weight of Etiquette | 127 |
| XIV. | —Royal Favours | 136 |
| XV. | —Diplomacy | 148 |
| XVI. | —Strangers | 160 |
| PART III | ||
| THE WOMAN | ||
| XVII. | —Splendid Isolation | 179 |
| XVIII. | —Clever Tactics | 185 |
| XIX. | —A Crisis | 201 |
| XX. | —A Farewell | 212 |
| XXI. | —Royal Thanks | 215 |
| XXII. | —Paternal Anxiety | 221 |
| XXIII. | —The Queen's Soirée | 228 |
| XXIV. | —Gossip | 233 |
| XXV. | ||