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Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century

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<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <p> </p> <h1>THE NEST OF THE SPARROWHAWK</h1> <h4> <i>A ROMANCE OF THE XVIIth CENTURY</i> </h4> <h2> BY THE BARONESS ORCZY </h2> <h4> <i>November, 1909</i> </h4> <hr> <SPAN name="TOC"></SPAN> <h2> CONTENTS </h2> <h3><SPAN href="#PART1">PART I</SPAN></h3> <h4>CHAPTER I.—<SPAN href="#CH1">THE HOUSE OF A KENTISH SQUIRE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER II.—<SPAN href="#CH2">ON A JULY AFTERNOON</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER III.—<SPAN href="#CH3">THE EXILE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER IV.—<SPAN href="#CH4">GRINDING POVERTY</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER V.—<SPAN href="#CH5">THE LEGAL ASPECT</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER VI.—<SPAN href="#CH6">UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ELMS</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER VII.—<SPAN href="#CH7">THE STRANGER WITHIN THE GATES</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER VIII.—<SPAN href="#CH8">PRINCE AMÉDÉ D'ORLÉANS</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER IX.—<SPAN href="#CH9">SECRET SERVICE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER X.—<SPAN href="#CH10">AVOWED ENMITY</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XI.—<SPAN href="#CH11">SURRENDER</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XII.—<SPAN href="#CH12">A WOMAN'S HEART</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XIII.—<SPAN href="#CH13">AN IDEA</SPAN></h4> <hr> <h3><SPAN href="#PART2">PART II</SPAN></h3> <h4>CHAPTER XIV.—<SPAN href="#CH14">THE HOUSE IN LONDON</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XV.—<SPAN href="#CH15">A GAME OF PRIMERO</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XVI.—<SPAN href="#CH16">A CONFLICT</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XVII.—<SPAN href="#CH17">RUS IN URBE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XVIII.—<SPAN href="#CH18">THE TRAP</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XIX.—<SPAN href="#CH19">DISGRACE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XX.—<SPAN href="#CH20">MY LORD PROTECTOR'S PATROL</SPAN></h4> <hr> <h3><SPAN href="#PART3">PART III</SPAN></h3> <h4>CHAPTER XXI.—<SPAN href="#CH21">IN THE MEANWHILE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXII.—<SPAN href="#CH22">BREAKING THE NEWS</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXIII.—<SPAN href="#CH23">THE ABSENT FRIEND</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXIV.—<SPAN href="#CH24">NOVEMBER THE 2D</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXV.—<SPAN href="#CH25">AN INTERLUDE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXVI.—<SPAN href="#CH26">THE OUTCAST</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXVII.—<SPAN href="#CH27">LADY SUE'S FORTUNE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXVIII.—<SPAN href="#CH28">HUSBAND AND WIFE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXIX.—<SPAN href="#CH29">GOOD-BYE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXX.—<SPAN href="#CH30">ALL BECAUSE OF THE TINDER-BOX</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXXI.—<SPAN href="#CH31">THE ASSIGNATION</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXXII.—<SPAN href="#CH32">THE PATH NEAR THE CLIFFS</SPAN></h4> <hr> <h3><SPAN href="#PART4">PART IV</SPAN></h3> <h4>CHAPTER XXXIII.—<SPAN href="#CH33">THE DAY AFTER</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXXIV.—<SPAN href="#CH34">AFTERWARDS</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXXV.—<SPAN href="#CH35">THE SMITH'S FORGE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXXVI.—<SPAN href="#CH36">THE GIRL-WIFE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXXVII.—<SPAN href="#CH37">THE OLD WOMAN</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXXVIII.—<SPAN href="#CH38">THE VOICE OF THE DEAD</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XXXIX.—<SPAN href="#CH39">THE HOME-COMING OF ADAM LAMBERT</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XL.—<SPAN href="#CH40">EDITHA'S RETURN</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XLI.—<SPAN href="#CH41">THEIR NAME</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XLII.—<SPAN href="#CH42">THE RETURN</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XLIII.—<SPAN href="#CH43">THE SANDS OF EPPLE</SPAN></h4> <h4>CHAPTER XLIV.—<SPAN href="#CH44">THE EPILOGUE</SPAN></h4> <hr> <p> </p> <p> </p> <SPAN name="PART1"></SPAN> <h2> PART I </h2> <h2> The Nest of the Sparrowhawk </h2> <p> </p> <p> </p> <SPAN name="CH1"></SPAN> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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