Transcriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain. BY BARONESS ORCZY "Unto Caesar" El Dorado The Heart of a Woman Meadowsweet The Noble Rogue Petticoat Rule GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY NEW YORK THE POCKET BOOKS THE NOBLE ROGUE By BARONESS ORCZY Author of "The Scarlet Pimpernel," "The Noble Rogue," "Petticoat Rule" GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright, 1912, By George H. Doran Company THE NOBLE ROGUE PART I CHAPTER I Shakespeare. M. Legros, tailor-in-chief to His Majesty Louis XIV and to the Court of Paris and Versailles, bowed himself out of the room; with back bent nearly double, and knees trembling in the effort, he receded towards the door even whilst Monseigneur the Archbishop spoke a final and encouraging benediction.