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Excerpt: "I was born in the year after King James VI. acquired the dominion of England, at my father's tower of Craigrollo, which overlooks the great bay of Cromartie. The youngest of four sons, I was (God knows why) a child of ill-omen from my birth; for, before that event came to pass, my mother had various remarkable dreams, which were darkly and mysteriously construed by certain Highland crones of the district; and the whole family made up their minds to expect that I should never be the source of aught else but discomfort and disgrace to them."
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Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION.
54CHAPTER II. THE ARMS OF EXPECTATION.
2Book the First.
55CHAPTER III. THE ROSE LEAVES.
3CHAPTER I. OF MY FAMILY, AND THE MISFORTUNE OF NOT HAVING A LARGE MOUTH.
56CHAPTER IV. WINTER QUARTERS—THE SECRET OF GABRIELLE.
4CHAPTER II. HOW I BECAME A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
57CHAPTER V. THE DOGGER.
5CHAPTER III. SIR DONALD AND HIS REGIMENT.
58CHAPTER VI. THE CAPTURE OF BURG.
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6CHAPTER IV. WE SAIL FOR THE ELBE.
59CHAPTER VII. ST. MARK'S DAY.
7CHAPTER V. GLUCKSTADT.
60CHAPTER VIII. THE FIRESHIP.
8CHAPTER VI. AFTER ESCAPING A FALL INTO THE ELBE, I AM IN DANGER OF FALLING IN LOVE.
61Book the Ninth
9CHAPTER VII. THE REPAST.
62CHAPTER IX. THE SISTERS.
10CHAPTER VIII. OUR CANTONMENT.
63CHAPTER X. THE FOREST OF ECKERNFIÖRD.
11CHAPTER IX. THE MYSTERIOUS DOOR;—A DISCOURSE ON NYMPHS.
64CHAPTER XI. ULRICK, COUNT OF MERODE.
12Book the Second.
65CHAPTER XII. PROVING THE MAXIM, THAT ADVANTAGE MAY BE TAKEN IN LOVE AS WELL AS IN WAR.
13CHAPTER X. THE FULL EFFECT OP A SPANISH PETTICOAT.
66CHAPTER XIII. THE WHITE POWDER.
14CHAPTER XI. MY FIRST GUARD.
67CHAPTER XIV. THE NUNS OF ST. KNUD.
15CHAPTER XII. WHO PRUDENTIA'S SPOUSE PROVED TO BE.
68CHAPTER XV. COMFORTS OF WAR.
16CHAPTER XIII. TWO KISSES FOR TEN DOUBLOONS.
69CHAPTER XVI. BOMBARDMENT OF KIEL.
17CHAPTER XIV. I PREVAIL ON PRUDENTIA TO ACCEPT OF A RING.
70CHAPTER XVII. A HORRIBLE ADVENTURE.
18CHAPTER XV. MY GODDESS DECEIVES ME—I QUARREL WITH THE HAUSMEISTER, AND RUN HIM THROUGH THE BODY.
71CHAPTER XVIII. SUFFOCATION—THE DARK PIT.
19Book the Third
72CHAPTER XIX. THE CASTLE OF KIEL.
20CHAPTER XVI. THE SCOTTISH STANDARD.
73Book the Tenth
21CHAPTER XVII. THE SCONCE OF BOITZENBURG.
74CHAPTER XX. THE HIGHLAND OUTPOST.
22CHAPTER XVIII. HOW OUR OLD SCOTTISH BLADES POMMELED THE IMPERIALISTS.
75CHAPTER XXI. THE DYING SOLDIER.
23CHAPTER XIX. THE CROWN OF FIRE.
76CHAPTER XXII. COUNT KŒNINGHEIM'S STORY—THE LILY OF CULBLEINE.
24CHAPTER XX. RUPERT-WITH-THE-RED-PLUME.
77CHAPTER XXIII. THE COUSINS.—THE STORY CONTINUED.
25CHAPTER XXI. THE FAIR HAIR AND THE DARK HAIR.
78CHAPTER XXIV. THE RAID OF MACALLUM MHOR.
26Book the Fourth
79CHAPTER XXV. THE BATTLE OF GLENLIVAT—CONCLUSION OF THE COUNT'S STORY.
27CHAPTER XXII. DANDY DREGHORN.
80Book the Eleventh.
28CHAPTER XXIII ERNESTINE AND GABRIELLE.
81CHAPTER XXVI. WALLENSTEIN.
29CHAPTER XXIV. PROBABILITY OF ESCAPING AND LEAVING MY HEART BEHIND ME.
82CHAPTER XXVII. THE MAJOR OF MUSKETEERS.
30CHAPTER XXV. A SERIOUS MISTAKE, AND A LEARNED DISCUSSION ON WOMEN.
83CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CASTLE OF HELNŒSLAND.
31CHAPTER XXVI. THE SCOUT; AND THE EFFECT OF A SNEEZE.
84CHAPTER XXIX. THE SERPENT IN A NEW SKIN.
32Book the Fifth.
85CHAPTER XXX. BERNHARD'S OFFER.
33CHAPTER XXVII. THE MARCH TOWARDS LAUENBURG.
86CHAPTER XXXI. HOW BERNHARD DELIVERED THE LETTER.
34CHAPTER XXVIII. COUNT TILLY'S OPINION OF THE PRESBYTERIANS.
87CHAPTER XXXII. CAN SHE ESCAPE NOW?
35CHAPTER XXIX. CAIRN NA CUIMHNE!
88CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CRAPE SCARF OF M'ALPINE.
36CHAPTER XXX. THE JESUIT.
89CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PISTOL-SHOT.
37CHAPTER XXXI. OF THE GOOD DEEDS OUR MUSKETEERS WERE UNDOING.
90CHAPTER XXXV. THE MIDNIGHT FUNERAL.
38Book the Sixth.
91Book the Twelfth.
39CHAPTER XXXII. THE MERODEURS.
92CHAPTER XXXVI. HELSINGOR.
40CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HUNTER'S COT.
93CHAPTER XXXVII. STRALSUND.
41CHAPTER XXXIV. I OBTAIN A COMPANY OF MUSKETEERS.
94CHAPTER XXXVIII. WAR.
42CHAPTER XXXV. PROTEUS AGAIN.
95CHAPTER XXXIX. THE FRANKENDÖR.
43CHAPTER XXXVI. A FOREST ON FIRE!
96CHAPTER XL. THE KIRK-BELL OF GOMETRA—THE SORTIE.
44CHAPTER XXXVII. THE PRISONERS OF THE PISTOLIERS.
97Book the Thirteenth
45Book the Seventh.
98CHAPTER XLI. THE WHITE FLAG.
46CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PASS OF OLDENBURG.
99CHAPTER XLII. RETRIBUTION.
47CHAPTER XXXIX. THE NIGHT OF HORRORS AT HEILINGHAFEN.
100CHAPTER XLIII. THE JESUIT.
48CHAPTER XL. WE SAIL FOR THE ISLES OF DENMARK.
101CHAPTER XLIV. THE BLACK LAKE OF STUBBENKAMER.
49CHAPTER XLI. ON BOARD THE GOOD SHIP ANNA CATHARINA.
102CHAPTER XLV. THE BLACK PLAGUE.
50CHAPTER XLII, THE RITTERSAAL.
103CHAPTER XLVI. THE PLAGUE SPOT.
51CHAPTER XLIII. MARCH FOR THE CASTLE OF NYEKIÖBING.
104CHAPTER XLVII. LAST ASSAULT OF STRALSUND.
52Book the Eighth
105CHAPTER XLVIII. THE SUN SHINES AGAIN.
53CHAPTER I. A DISCOVERY.
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