The Laughing Cavalier by Baroness Orczy is an historical novel that presents a prequel to the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series. The novel follows Diogenes, an adventurer who is adept in intrigue and swordplay, amidst the backdrop of 17th century Netherlands.

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An Apology

The Prologue

I: New Year’s Eve

II: The Fracas by the Postern Gate

III: An Interlude

IV: Watch-Night

V: Brother and Sister

VI: The Counsels of Prudence

VII: Three Philosophers and Their Friends

VIII: The Lodgings Which Were Paid For

IX: The Painter of Pictures

X: The Laughing Cavalier

XI: The Bargain

XII: The Portrait

XIII: The Spanish Wench

XIV: After Evensong

XV: The Halt at Bennebrock

XVI: Leyden

XVII: An Understanding

XVIII: The Start

XIX: In the Kingdom of the Night

XX: Back Again in Haarlem

XXI: A Grief-Stricken Father

XXII: A Double Pledge

XXIII: A Spy from the Camp

XXIV: The Birth of Hate

XXV: An Arrant Knave

XXVI: Back to Houdekerk

XXVII: Thence to Rotterdam

XXVIII: Check

XXIX: Check Again

XXX: A Nocturne

XXXI: The Molens

XXXII: A Run Through the Night

XXXIII: The Captive Lion

XXXIV: Protestations

XXXV: The Witness for the Defence

XXXVI: Brother Philosophers

XXXVII: Dawn

XXXVIII: The Hour

XXXIX: “Sauve Qui Peut”

XL: The Loser Pays

XLI: “Vengeance Is Mine”

XLII: The Fight in the Doorway

XLIII: Leyden Once More

XLIV: Blake of Blakeney

XLV: The End

The Laughing Cavalier

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