tailieunhanh - The Court Jester

The old duchess was talking of the past, while behind her chair Le Glorieux was silently and joyously turning handsprings. I wish I might give him another name, for that one is certainly a mouthful, but as he really lived, and that was what he was called, we must manage it as best we can. You may think, and with reason, that turning handsprings was not a respectful thing to do when a lady, and above all a duchess, was talking. But Le Glorieux was the court jester, the fool, who when Charles the Bold, son of the duchess, was living, was wont to make. | The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker 1 The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker 2 Title The Court Jester Author Cornelia Baker Illustrator Margaret Ely Webb Margaret H. Deveneau Release Date November 27 2010 EBook 34460 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE COURT JESTER Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. Illustration Book Cover THE COURT JESTER Illustration I am Marguerite of Hapsburg --Page 57 THE COURT JESTER By CORNELIA BAKER Author of The Queen s Page Young People in Old Places etc. With Illustrations by MARGARET ELY WEBB and MARGARET H. DEVENEAU INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT 1906 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY DEDICATED TO MY DEAR EUGENIA F. F. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 3 CHAPTER PAGE I LE GLORIEUX HEARS GOOD NEWS 1 II A FESTIVAL AT THE INN 13 III AN EXCITING DAY AND EVENING 33 IV BROKEN PROMISES 61 V THE WONDERFUL WISDOM OF PITTACUS 76 VI LADY CLOTILDE S MOONSTONE PENDANT 98 VII A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR THE PRINCESS 124 VIII A ROYAL ALCHEMIST 153 IX PHILIBERT IN DANGER 167 X A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE 194 XI THE LADY MARGUERITE IS VERY BRAVE 214 XII AN AUSTRIAN PRINCESS AT THE SPANISH COURT 230 XIII TRIPPING THE MEASURES OF THE EGG-DANCE 249 THE COURT .