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THE ABBESS OF VLAYE
By STANLEY J. WEYMAN
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"HE HAD DISMOUNTED, AND HAD HIS HAT IN HIS HAND"
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THE ABBESS
OF VLAYE
BY
STANLEY J. WEYMAN
Author of "Under the Red Robe," "A Gentleman of France,"
"My Lady Rotha," "The Red Cockade," "Count
Hannibal," "The Castle Inn," etc.
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
91 and 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
LONDON AND BOMBAY
1904
Copyright, 1903, by
STANLEY J. WEYMAN.
Copyright, 1904, by
STANLEY J. WEYMAN.
All rights reserved.
ROBERT DRUMMOND, PRINTER, NEW YORK.
TO
HUGH STOWELL SCOTT,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF LONG SUMMER DAYS SPENT WITH HIM
AMID THE SCENES WHICH SUGGESTED IT,
THIS STORY IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY HIS FRIEND.
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