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THE PROUD PRINCE

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.

DEDICATED

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