EDITION DE LUXE
ARTHUR
BY
EUGÈNE SUE
ILLUSTRATED
NATIONAL LIBRARY COMPANY
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1899
By FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER
I. The Post-road
II. The Cottage
III. The Curé's Tale
HÉLÈNE
IV. The Bereavement
V. Hélène
VI. The Avowal
VII. The Letter
VIII. The Portrait
IX. The Pavilion
X. The Contract
MADAME LA MARQUISE DE PËNÂFIEL
XI. Portraits
XII. The Gentleman-riders
XIII. The Opéra
XIV. A Friend
XV. Projects
XVI. The Green Album
XVII. Prima-sera
XVIII. On What the World Said, and on Coquetry
XIX. On Parlour Christianity
XX. The Parlour
XXI. The Avowal
XXII. Contradictions
XXIII. Marguerite
XXIV. Days of Sunshine
XXV. Suspicion
XXVI. An Encounter
XXVII. The Exhibition
XXVIII. The Departure
LORD FALMOUTH
XXIX. Plans
XXX. The Yacht
XXXI. The Voyage
XXXII. The Combat
XXXIII. The Doctor
XXXIV. Friendship
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"'I HELD THE BRIDLE'"
"'I SAW THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER TURN A SOMERSAULT'"
"'I THRUST THE BARREL AGAINST HIS CHEST AND FIRED'"
ARTHUR, Vol. I.
INTRODUCTION
ARTHUR.
CHAPTER I
THE POST-ROAD
A strange chance put me in possession of this journal. I had establishedmyself for several months in a