ROLAND CASHEL

By Charles James Lever.

With Illustrations By Phiz,

In Two Volumes. Vol. I.

Boston: Little, Brown, And Company. 1907.

To G. P. B. JAMES, Esq.

Dear James,—You, once upon a time, dedicated to me a tale of deep and thrilling interest Let me now inscribe to you this volume on the plea of that classic authority who, in the interchange of armour, "gave Brass for Gold."

It is, however, far less to repay the obligation of a debt by giving you a "Roland"—not for your "Oliver," but your "Stepmother"—than for the pleasure of recording one "Fact" in a bulky tome of Fiction, that I now write your name at the head of this page,—that fact being, the warm memory I cherish of all our pleasant hours of intercourse, and the sincere value I place upon the honor of your friendship.

Yours, in all esteem and affection,

CHARLES LEVER.

Palazzo Ximenes, Florence, Oct 20, 1849.

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

ROLAND CASHEL.

CHAPTER I.   DON PEDRO'S GUESTS

CHAPTER II.   A CHALLENGE—AND HOW IT ENDED

CHAPTER III.   MR. SIMMS ON LIFE AT THE VILLA

CHAPTER IV.   THE KENNYFECK HOUSEHOLD

CHAPTER V.   HOW ROLAND BECAME ENTITLED TO THE GODFREY BROWNE PROPERTY

CHAPTER VI.   A FRACAS IN THE BETTING-RING

CHAPTER VII.   PEEPS BEHIND THE CURTAIN

CHAPTER VIII.   LOVE v. LAW

CHAPTER IX.   AN EXCITING ADVENTURE

CHAPTER X.   THE COMING DINNER-PARTY DISCUSSED

CHAPTER XI.   A DRIVE WITH THE LADIES

CHAPTER XII.   THE GREAT KENNYFECK DINNER

CHAPTER XIII.   TUBBER-BEG

CHAPTER XIV.   MR. LINTON REVEALS HIS DESIGNS

CHAPTER XV.   AT THE GAMING TABLE

CHAPTER XVI.   WHAT ROLAND OVERHEARD AT THE MONEY LENDER'S

CHAPTER XVII.   SCANNING THE POLITICAL HORIZON

CHAPTER XVIII.   UNDER THE GREEN-WOOD TREE

CHAPTER XIX.   THE DOMESTIC DETECTIVE CONSULTED

CHAPTER XX.   HOW ENRIQUE'S LETTER WAS LOST AND FOUND

CHAPTER XXI.   THE CONSPIRATORS DISTURBED

CHAPTER XXII.   VISIT TO THE "CASHEL PICTURE GALLERY."

CHAPTER XXIII.   LINTON VISITS HIS ESTATE

CHAPTER XXIV.   BREAKFAST WITH MR. CORRIGAN

CHAPTER XXV.   TUBBERMORE TRANSFORMED

CHAPTER XXVI.   BAD GENERALSHIP

CHAPTER XXVII.   LIEUTENANT SICKLETON'S PATENT PUMP

CHAPTER XXVIII.   A SPLIT IN THE KENNYFECK CABINET

CHAPTER XXIX.   STORM AND WRECK

CHAPTER XXX.