THE ROMANCES BY VICTOR HUGO
NINETY-THREE
Translated by Mrs. Aline Delano
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1889
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
NINETY-THREE.
PART I. AT SEA.
BOOK I.
THE FOREST OF LA SAUDRAIE
BOOK II.
THE CORVETTE "CLAYMORE."
I. ENGLAND AND FRANCE UNITED II. NIGHT WITH THE SHIP AND THE PASSENGER III. PATRICIAN AND PLEBEIAN UNITED IV. TORMENTUM BELLI V. VIS ET VIR VI. THE TWO ENDS OF THE SCALE VII. HE WHO SETS SAIL INVESTS IN A LOTTERY VIII. 9 : 380 IX. SOME ONE ESCAPES X. DOES HE ESCAPE?
BOOK III.
HALMALO.
I. SPEECH IS WORD II. A PEASANT'S MEMORY IS WORTH AS MUCH AS THE CAPTAIN'S SCIENCE
BOOK IV.
TELLMARCH.
I. ON THE TOP OF THE DUNE II. AURES HABET, ET NON AUDIET III. THE USEFULNESS OF BIG LETTERS IV. THE CAIMAND V. WHEN HE AWOKE IT WAS DAYLIGHT VI. THE VICISSITUDES OF CIVIL WAR VII. NO MERCY! NO QUARTER!
PART II.
AT PARIS.
BOOK I.
CIMOURDAIN.
I. THE STREETS OF PARIS AT THAT TIME II. CIMOURDAIN III. A CORNER NOT DIPPED INTO THE STYX
BOOK II.
THE POT-HOUSE OF THE RUE DU PAON.
I. MINOS, ÆACUS, AND RHADAMANTHUS II. MAGNA TESTANTUR VOCE PER UMBRAS III. A QUIVERING OF THE INMOST FIBRES
BOOK III.
THE CONVENTION.
I. THE CONVENTION II. MARAT IN THE GREEN-ROOM
PART III.
IN THE VENDÉE.
BOOK I.
THE VENDÉE.
I. THE FORESTS II. MEN III. CONNIVANCE OF MEN AND FORESTS IV. THEIR LIFE UNDER GROUND V. THEIR LIFE IN WARFARE VI. THE SOUL OF THE EARTH PASSES INTO MAN VII. THE VENDÉE HAS RUINED BRITTANY
BOOK II.
THE THREE CHILDREN.
I. PLUS QUAM CIVILIA BELLA II. DOL III. SMALL ARMIES AND GREAT BATTLES IV. A SECOND TIME V. A DROP OF COLD WATER VI. A HEALED BREAST, BUT A BLEEDING HEART VII. THE TWO POLES OF TRUTH VIII. DOLOROSA IX. A PROVINCIAL BASTILE I. LA TOURGUE II. THE BREACH III. THE OUBLIETTE IV. THE BRIDGE-CASTLE V. THE IRON DOOR VI. THE LIBRARY VII. THE GRANARY X. THE HOSTAGES XI. TERRIBLE AS THE ANTIQUE XII. THE RESCUE PLANNED XIII. WHAT THE MARQUIS IS DOING XIV. WHAT THE IMÂNUS IS DOING