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Автор: Robert Louis Stevenson
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       Robert Louis Stevenson

      The Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664121509

       BOOK I—THE TWO LADS

       CHAPTER I—AT THE SIGN OF THE SUN IN KETTLEY

       CHAPTER II—IN THE FEN

       CHAPTER III—THE FEN FERRY

       CHAPTER IV—A GREENWOOD COMPANY

       CHAPTER V—“BLOODY AS THE HUNTER”

       CHAPTER VI—TO THE DAY’S END

       CHAPTER VII—THE HOODED FACE

       BOOK II—THE MOAT HOUSE

       CHAPTER I—DICK ASKS QUESTIONS

       CHAPTER II—THE TWO OATHS

       CHAPTER III—THE ROOM OVER THE CHAPEL

       CHAPTER IV—THE PASSAGE

       CHAPTER V—HOW DICK CHANGED SIDES

       BOOK III—MY LORD FOXHAM

       CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE BY THE SHORE

       CHAPTER II—A SKIRMISH IN THE DARK

       CHAPTER III—ST. BRIDE’S CROSS

       CHAPTER IV—THE GOOD HOPE

       CHAPTER V—THE GOOD HOPE (continued)

       CHAPTER VI—THE GOOD HOPE (concluded)

       BOOK IV—THE DISGUISE

       CHAPTER I—THE DEN

       CHAPTER II—“IN MINE ENEMIES’ HOUSE”

       CHAPTER III—THE DEAD SPY

       CHAPTER IV—IN THE ABBEY CHURCH

       CHAPTER V—EARL RISINGHAM

       CHAPTER VI—ARBLASTER AGAIN

       BOOK V—CROOKBACK

       CHAPTER I—THE SHRILL TRUMPET

       CHAPTER II—THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY

       CHAPTER III—THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY (Concluded)

       CHAPTER IV—THE SACK OF SHOREBY

       CHAPTER V—NIGHT IN THE WOODS: ALICIA RISINGHAM

       CHAPTER VI—NIGHT IN THE WOODS (concluded) : DICK AND JOAN

       CHAPTER VII—DICK’S REVENGE

       CHAPTER VIII—CONCLUSION

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      Sir Daniel and his men lay in and about Kettley that night, warmly quartered and well patrolled. But the Knight of Tunstall was one who never rested from money-getting; and even now, when he was on the brink of an adventure which should make or mar him, he was up an hour after midnight to squeeze poor neighbours. He was one who trafficked greatly in disputed inheritances; it was his way to buy out the most unlikely claimant, and then, by the favour he curried with great lords about the king, procure unjust decisions in his favour; or, if that was too roundabout, to seize the disputed manor by force of arms, and rely on his influence and Sir Oliver’s cunning in the law to hold what he had snatched. Kettley was one such place; it had come very lately into his clutches; he still met with opposition from the tenants; and it was to overawe discontent that he had led his troops that way.

      By two in the morning, Sir Daniel sat in the inn room, close by the fireside, for it was cold at that hour among the fens of Kettley. By his elbow stood a pottle of spiced ale. He had taken off his visored headpiece, and sat with his bald head and thin, dark visage resting on one hand, wrapped warmly in a sanguine-coloured cloak. At the lower end of the room about a dozen of his men stood sentry over the door or lay asleep on benches; and somewhat nearer hand, a young lad, apparently of twelve or thirteen, was stretched in a mantle on the floor. The host of the Sun stood before the great man.

      “Now, mark me, mine host,” Sir Daniel said, “follow but mine orders, and I shall be your good lord ever. I must have good men for head boroughs, and I will have Adam-a-More