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A novel, 1867

Under Two Flags

Ouida

Bertie Cecil, a popular officer in the British Guards, lives extravagantly despite mounting debts.

37 chapters · about 16 hours

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How it begins

“I don't say but what he's difficult to please with his Tops,” said Mr. Rake, factotum to the Hon. Bertie Cecil, of the 1st Life Guards, with that article of hunting toggery suspended in his right hand as he paused, before going upstairs, to deliver his opinions with characteristic weight and vivacity to the stud-groom, “he is uncommon particular about 'em; and if his leathers aint as white as snow he'll never touch 'em, tho' as soon as the pack come nigh him at Royallieu, the leathers might just as well never have been cleaned, them hounds jump about him so; old Champion's at his saddle before you can say Davy Jones.

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About the book

Length

37 chapters

First published

1867

Shelves

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: “Beauty of the Brigades.”21 min
  2. Chapter 2: The Loose Box, and the Tabagie19 min
  3. Chapter 3: The Soldiers' Blue Ribbon33 min
  4. Chapter 4: Love a La Mode21 min
  5. Chapter 5: Under the Keeper's Tree15 min
  6. Chapter 6: The End of a Ringing Run17 min
  7. Chapter 7: After a Richmond Dinner33 min
  8. Chapter 8: A Stag Hunt Au Clair De La Lune21 min
  9. Chapter 9: The Painted Bit16 min
  10. Chapter 10: “Petite Reine.”30 min
  11. Chapter 11: For a Woman's Sake32 min
  12. Chapter 12: The King's Last Service36 min
  13. Chapter 13: In the Cafe of the Chasseurs13 min
  14. Chapter 14: “De Profundis” Before “Plunging.”11 min
  15. Chapter 15: “L'amie Du Drapeau.”28 min
  16. Chapter 16: Cigarette En Bacchante24 min
  17. Chapter 17: Under the Houses of Hair34 min
  18. Chapter 18: Cigarette En Bienfaitrice29 min
  19. Chapter 19: The Ivory Squadrons16 min
  20. Chapter 20: Cigarette En Conseil Et Cachette35 min
  21. Chapter 21: Cigarette En Condottiera19 min
  22. Chapter 22: The Mistress of the White King32 min
  23. Chapter 23: The Little Leopard of France38 min
  24. Chapter 24: “Milady Aux Beaux Yeux Bleus.”29 min
  25. Chapter 25: “Le Bon Zig.”19 min
  26. Chapter 26: Zaraila22 min
  27. Chapter 27: The Love of the Amazon25 min
  28. Chapter 28: The Leathern Zackrist15 min
  29. Chapter 29: By the Bivouac Fire31 min
  30. Chapter 30: Seul Au Monde32 min
  31. Chapter 31: “Je Vous Achete Votre Vie.”18 min
  32. Chapter 32: “Venetia.”41 min
  33. Chapter 33: The Gift of the Cross27 min
  34. Chapter 34: The Desert Hawk and the Paradise-Bird29 min
  35. Chapter 35: Ordeal by Fire34 min
  36. Chapter 36: The Vengeance of the Little One45 min
  37. Chapter 37: In the Midst of Her Army23 min

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