By
THOMAS A. H. MAWHINNEY

THE SWORD OF THE HOUSE OF DE MARILLAC

ENGLISH OAK AND SPANISH GOLD

The Lance Was Almost Torn From His Grasp

COPYRIGHT 1928
BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

Made in the U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The King’s Fool 7

II. I Am Attacked in the Woods 22

III. A Visitor in the Night 31

IV. A Trickster 36

V. What I Learned in the Woods 48

VI. We Hunt the Wild Boar 59

VII. The Black Prince 69

VIII. The Silver-Hafted Dagger 82

IX. A Solitary House in the Woods 91

X. The Highwayman of Tours 107

XI. I Find a Companion 117

XII. The Three Crows Inn 123

XIII. The Silver-Hafted Dagger 133

XIV. Pursued 141

XV. The Scrivener Disappears 150

XVI. The Scrivener Turns Traitor 162

XVII. On the Highway 172

XVIII. Escape! 183

XIX. On the Island 190

XX. No Man’s Land 198

XXI. The Defense of the Cave 206

XXII. Trapped! 227

XXIII. The Fight in the Inn 239

XXIV. Besieged 247

XXV. Friends and Enemies 257

XXVI. The Abbot of Chalonnes 270

XXVII. The Black Prince Again 283

XXVIII. Victory ... and Home 292

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Lance Was Almost Torn From His Grasp Frontispiece

The Arrow Struck With a Click 78

They Came Into View From Among the Thick Trunks 146

His Countenance Was Black With Anger 218

The Messenger of the Black Prince