The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire. Freely Translated into Modern English By Robert Neilson Stephens Author of "An Enemy to the King," "Philip Winwood," "The Mystery of Murray Davenport," etc. Illustrated by H. C. Edwards Boston L. C. Page & Company Mdcccciiii Copyright, 1904 By L. C. Page & Company L. C. Page & Company Entered at Stationers' Hall, London All rights reserved Published April, 1904 Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston. Mass., U.S.A. THE BRIGHT FACE OF DANGER is, in a distant way, a sequel to "An Enemy to the King," but may be read alone, without any reference to that tale. The title is a phrase of Robert Louis Stevenson's. THE AUTHOR. "'I GIVE YOU ONE CHANCE FOR YOUR LIFE,' SAID I QUICKLY." CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Monsieur Henri de Launay Sets Out on a Journey CHAPTER II. A Young Man Who Went Singing CHAPTER III. Where the Lady Was CHAPTER IV. Who the Lady Was CHAPTER V. The Chateau de Lavardin CHAPTER VI. What the Peril Was CHAPTER VII. Strange Disappearances CHAPTER VIII. Mathilde CHAPTER IX. The Winding Stairs CHAPTER X. More Than Mere Pity CHAPTER XI. The Rat-Hole and the Water-Jug CHAPTER XII. The Rope Ladder CHAPTER XIII. The Parting CHAPTER XIV. In the Forest CHAPTER XV. The Tower of Morlon CHAPTER XVI. The Mercy of Captain Ferragant CHAPTER XVII. The Sword of La Tournoire CHAPTER XVIII. The Moustaches of Brignan de Brignan CHAPTER