GERFAUT
By Charles de Bernard
With a Preface by JULES CLARETIE, of the French Academy
CONTENTS
CHARLES DE BERNARD
BOOK 1.
CHAPTER I. THE TRAVELLER
CHAPTER II. THE CASTLE OF BERGENHEIM
CHAPTER III. A DIVIDED HOUSEHOLD
CHAPTER IV. THE GALLANT IN THE GARDEN
CHAPTER V. ART AND MUSIC
BOOK 2.
CHAPTER VI. GERFAUT’S STORY
CHAPTER VII. GERFAUT ASKS A FAVOR
CHAPTER VIII. A LOVER’S RUSE
CHAPTER IX. GERFAUT, THE WIZARD
CHAPTER X. PLOTS
CHAPTER XI. A QUARREL
CHAPTER XII. AN INHARMONIOUS MUSICALE
BOOK 3.
CHAPTER XIII. MONSIEUR DE BERGENHEIM
CHAPTER XIV. GERFAUT’S ALLEGORY
CHAPTER XV. DECLARATION OF WAR
CHAPTER XVI. GERFAUT WINS A POINT
CHAPTER XVII. A RUDE INTERRUPTION
CHAPTER XVIII. ESPIONAGE
CHAPTER XIX. THE REVELATION
BOOK 4.
CHAPTER XX. MARILLAC TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER XXI. A STRATAGEM
CHAPTER XXII. THE CRISIS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE AGREEMENT
CHAPTER XXIV. A FRIEND’S ADVICE
CHAPTER XXV. THE WILD BOAR
CHAPTER XXVI. BERGENHEIM’S REVENGE
CHARLES DE BERNARD
PIERRE-MARIE-CHARLES DE BERNARD DU GRAIL DE LA VILLETTE, better known by the name of Charles de Bernard, was born in Besancon, February 24, 1804. He came from a very ancient family of the Vivarais, was educated at the college of his native city, and studied for the law in Dijon and at Paris. He was awarded a prize by the ‘Jeux floraux’ for his dithyrambics, ‘Une fete de Neron’ in 1829. This first success in literature did not prevent him aspiring to the Magistrature, when the Revolution of 1830 broke out and induced him to enter politics. He became one of the founders of the ‘Gazette de Franche-Comte’ and an article in the pages of this journal about ‘Peau de chagrin’ earned him the thanks and the friendship of Bal