Transcriber’s Note:
Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
FORTUNE’S FOOL
FORTUNE’S FOOL
BY
RAFAEL SABATINI
Author of “Scaramouche,” “Captain Blood,” “The Snare,”
“The Sea-Hawk,” etc.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1922 AND 1923, BY THE McCALL COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY RAFAEL SABATINI
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
SECOND IMPRESSION, AUGUST, 1923
THIRD IMPRESSION, AUGUST, 1923
FOURTH IMPRESSION, OCTOBER, 1923
The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE: MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
CONTENTS
| I. | The Hostess of the Paul’s Head | 3 |
| II. | Albemarle’s Antechamber | 13 |
| III. | His Grace of Albemarle | 23 |
| IV. | Cherry Blossoms | 36 |
| V. | The Mercenary | 53 |
| VI. | Mr. Etheredge Prescribes | 65 |
| VII. | The Prude | 78 |
| VIII. | Mr. Etheredge Advises | 85 |
| IX. | Albemarle Proposes | 90 |
| X. | Buckingham Disposes | 101 |
| XI. | A Woman Scorned | 110 |
| XII. | Buckingham’s Heroics | 123 |
| XIII. | Buckingham’s Gratitude | 138 |
| XIV. | Despair | 147 |
| XV. | The Shadow of the Gallows |