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                         THE HEART OF DENISE

                           AND OTHER TALES






[Illustration: "DE CLERMONT GAVE MADAME AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE
DEFENCE OF AMBAZAC MADE BY HER HUSBAND AGAINST THE PRINCE OF CONDE"
Page 39]






                         The Heart of Denise

                           and Other Tales





                                  BY
                           S. LEVETT-YEATS

                 _Author of "The Chevalier d'Auriac_,"
                   "_The Honour of Savelli," etc_.





                               NEW YORK
                       LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
                          LONDON AND BOMBAY
                                 1899






                         Copyright, 1898, by
                           S. LEVETT YEATS.

                              *   *   *

                        _All rights reserved_.





                 ROBERT DRUMMOND, PRINTER, NEW YORK.






                              CONTENTS.


THE HEART OF DENISE.

       I. M. de Lorgnac's Price.

      II. The Oratory.

     III. The Spur of Les Eschelles.

      IV. At Ambazac.

       V. M. Le Marquis Leads His Highest Trump.

      VI. At the Sign of the Golden Frog.

     VII. Unmasked.

    VIII. Blaise de Lorgnac.

      IX. La Coquille's Message.

       X. Monsieur le Chevalier is Paid in Full.


THE CAPTAIN MORATTI'S LAST AFFAIR.


       I. "Arcades Ambo."

      II. At "The Devil on Two Sticks."

    