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 THE PROUD PRINCE

 BY

 JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY

 AUTHOR OF "MARJORIE" "IF I WERE KING" ETC.

 ILLUSTRATED

 NEW YORK
 R. H. RUSSELL
 1903




 Copyright, 1903, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

 _All rights reserved._

 Published October, 1903.




 [Illustration: "'I LOVE THE MAN'"
 See p. 276]




 DEDICATED

 TO

 E. H. SOTHERN




 CONTENTS


 CHAPTER                                                      PAGE

 I.     FAIR MAID AND FOUL FOOL                                 1

 II.    THE COMING OF THE KING                                 28

 III.   ROBERT OF SICILY                                       46

 IV.    THE HUNTER                                             71

 V.     LYCABETTA                                              89

 VI.    THE ARCHANGEL                                          99

 VII.   DISCROWNED, DISHONORED                                118

 VIII.  PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN                                   128

 IX.    THE LILY OF SICILY                                    150

 X.     THE TWO VOICES                                        164

 XI.    GLAMOUR                                               177

 XII.   IN SYRACUSE                                           194

 XIII.  THE CHURCH BY THE SEA                                 201

 XIV.   THE EXILES                                            213

 XV.    THE HUNTER'S VOICE                                    223

 XVI.   THE CALL OF THE BELL                                  232

 XVII.  IN THE ARENA                                          247

 XVIII. ORDEAL OF BATTLE                                      264

 XIX.   ROBERT THE RIGHTEOUS                                  271




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 "'I LOVE THE MAN'"                                 