| NASH’S SUMMER LIBRARY OF POPULAR NOVELS |
| No. 1. The Count’s Chauffeur |
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Copyright in the United States of America
by William Le Queux, 1907.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | A MOVE ON THE “FORTY” | 1 |
| II. | A SENTIMENTAL SWINDLE | 21 |
| III. | THE STORY OF A SECRET | 43 |
| IV. | A RUN WITH ROSALIE | 66 |
| V. | THE SIX NEW NOVELS | 86 |
| VI. | THE GENTLEMAN FROM LONDON | 109 |
| VII. | THE LADY OF THE GREAT NORTH ROAD | 132 |
| VIII. | THE RED ROOSTER | 154 |
| IX. | CONCERNING THE OTHER FELLOW | 177 |
| X. | THE LADY IN A HURRY | 200 |
| XI. | THE PERIL OF PIERRETTE | 222 |
THE COUNT’S CHAUFFEUR
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CHAPTER I
A MOVE ON THE “FORTY”
In Paris, in Rome, in Florence, in Berlin, in Vienna—in fact, over halfthe face of Europe, from the Pyrenees to the Russian frontier—I am nowknown as “The Count’s Chauffeur.”
An Englishman, as my name George Ewart denotes, I am of cosmopolitanbirth and education, my early youth having been spent on the Continent,where my father was agent for a London firm.
When I was fourteen, my father, having prospered, came to London, andestablished himself as an agent in Wood Street, City, representing agreat firm of silk manufacturers in Lyons.
At twenty I tried City life, but an office with a high stool, a du