CASTLE ***




Produced by Al Haines.




[Illustration: "Aliva recognized on the helmet the crest of the De
Beauchamps."  Page 143.]




                            THE ROBBER BARON
                           OF BEDFORD CASTLE


                   BY A. J. FOSTER AND E. E. CUTHELL



                           LONDON, EDINBURGH,
                          DUBLIN, AND NEW YORK
                         THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
                                  1903




                              _*CONTENTS*_

      I. By the Banks of Ouse
     II. Bletsoe Manor-House
    III. How Aliva received a Second Suitor
     IV. In Bedford Castle
      V. In Elstow Abbey
     VI. A Penitent
    VII. "*Arcades Ambo*"
   VIII. Justice in Bonds
     IX. An Unexpected Meeting
      X. Through Ouse Marshes
     XI. Breathing-Time
    XII. At the Castle of Eaton Socon
   XIII. The Bird in the Cage
    XIV. The Sanctuary Violated
     XV. Ralph raps at the Castle Gate
    XVI. Within the Castle Walls
   XVII. The King in Council
  XVIII. Heard Underground
    XIX. Fears and Hopes
     XX. Love Laughs at Locksmiths
    XXI. The Castle Falls
   XXII. Ralph to the Rescue
  XXIII. A tete-a-tete Ride to Elstow Abbey
   XXIV. "*De Mortuis*"




                       _*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS*_


"Aliva recognized on the helmet the crest of the De Beauchamps"....
.. _Frontispiece_.

"The soldiers cast the bailiff into the midst of the fire"

The Robber Baron making his peace with the Church

"Thronging the castle-yard was a crowd of servants and retainers"

A wild chase through Ouse marshes