BY ORDER OF THE KING
A Romance Of English History
Victor Hugo
January 2, 2003
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Contents
1
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER
I
URSUS
2
ANOTHER PRELIMINARY CHAPTER
I
THE COMPRACHICOS
I
PART I
1
NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN
I
PORTLAND BILL
II
LEFT ALONE
III
ALONE
IV
QUESTIONS
V
THE TREE OF HUMAN INVENTION
VI
STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEATH AND NIGHT
VII
THE NORTH POINT OF PORTLAND
2
THE HOOKER AT SEA
I
SUPERHUMAN LAWS
II
OUR FIRST ROUGH SKETCHES FILLED IN
III
TROUBLED MEN ON THE TROUBLED SEA
IV
A CLOUD DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS ENTERS ON THE SCENE
V
HARDQUANONNE
VI
THEY THINK THAT HELP IS AT HAND
VII
SUPERHUMAN HORRORS
VIII
IL ET NOX
IX
THE CHARGE CONFIDED TO A RAGING SEA
X
THE COLOSSAL SAVAGE, THE STORM
XI
THE CASKETS
XII
FACE TO FACE WITH THE ROCK
XIII
FACE TO FACE WITH NIGHT
XIV
ORTACH
XV
PORTENTOSUM MARE
XVI
THE PROBLEM SUDDENLY WORKS IN SILENCE
XVII
THE LAST RESOURCE
XVIII
THE HIGHEST RESOURCE
3
THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW
I
CHESIL
II
THE EFFECT OF SNOW
III
A BURDEN MAKES A ROUGH ROW ROUGHER
IV
ANOTHER FORM OF DESERT
V
MISANTHROPY PLAYS ITS PRANKS
VI
THE AWAKING
II
PART II
1
THE EVERLASTING PRESENCE OF THE PAST: MAN REFLECTS MAN
I
LORD CLANCHARLIE
II
LORD DAVID DIRRY-MOIR
III
THE DUCHESS JOSIANA
IV
THE LEADER OF FASHIONS
V
QUEEN ANNE
VI
BARKILPHEDRO
VII
BARKILPHEDRO GNAWS HIS WAY
VIII
INFERI
IX
HATE IS AS STRONG AS LOVE
X
THE FLAME WHICH WOULD BE SEEN IF MAN WERE TRANSPARENT
XI
BARKILPHEDRO IN AMBUSCADE
XII
SCOTLAND, IRELAND, AND ENGLAND
2
GWYNPLAINE AND DEA
I
WHEREIN WE SEE THE FACE OF HIM OF WHOM WE HAVE HITHERTO SEEN ONLY THE ACTS
II
DEA
III
“OCULOS NON HABET, ET VIDET”
IV
WELL-MATCHED LOVERS
V
THE BLUE SkY THROUGH THE BLACK CLOUD
VI
URSUS AS TUTOR AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN
VII
BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE
VIII
NOT ONLY HAPPINESS, BUT PROSPERITY
IX
ABSURDITIES WHICH FOLKS WITHOUT TASTE CALL, POETRY
X
AN OUTSIDER’S VIEW OF MEN AND THINGS
XI
GWYNPLAINE THINKS JUSTICE, AND URSUS TALKS TRUTH
XII
URSUS THE POET DRAGS ON URSUS THE PHILOSOPHER
3
THE BEGINNING OF THE FISSURE
I
THE TADCASTER INN
II
OPEN AIR ELOQUENCE
III
WHERE THE PASSER-BY REAPPEARS
IV
CONTRARIES FRATERNISE IN HATE
V
THE WAPENTAKE
VI
THE MOUSE EXAMINED BY THE CATS
VII
WHY SHOULD A GOLD PIECE LOWER ITSELF BY MIXING WITH A HEAP OF PENNIES?
VIII
SYMPTOMS OF POISONING
IX
ABYSSUS ABYSSUM VOCAT
4
THE CELL OF TORTURE
I
THE TEMPTATION OF ST. GWYNPLAINE
II
FROM GAY TO GRAVE
III
LEX, REX, FEX
IV
URSUS SPIES ON THE POLICE
V
A FEARFUL PLACE
VI
THE KIND OF MAGISTRACY UNDER THE WIGS OF FORMER DAYS
VII
SHUDDERING
VIII
LAMENTATION
5
THE SEA AND FATE ARE MOVED BY THE SAME BREATH
I
THE DURABILITY OF FRAGILE THINGS
II
THE WAIF KNOWS ITS OWN COURSE
III
AN AWAKENING
IV
FASCINATION
V
WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET
6
URSUS UNDER DIFFERENT ASPECTS
I
WHAT THE MISANTHROPE SAID
II
WHAT HE DID
III
COMPLICATIONS
IV
MŒNIBUS SURDIS CAMPANA MUTA
V
STATE POLICY DEALS WITH LITTLE MATTERS AS WELL AS WITH GREAT
7
THE TITANESS
I
THE AWAKENING
II
THE RESEMBLANCE OF A PALACE TO A WOOD
III
EVE
IV
SATAN
V
THEY RECOGNISE, BUT DO NOT KNOW, EACH OTHER
8
THE CAPITOL AND THINGS AROUND IT
I
ANALYSIS OF MAJESTIC MATTERS
II
IMPARTIALITY
III
THE OLD HALL
IV
THE OLD CHAMBER
V
ARISTOCRATIC GOSSIP
VI
THE HIGH AND THE LOW
VII
STORMS OF MEN ARE WORSE THAN STORMS OF OCEANS
VIII
HE WOULD BE A GOOD BROTHER WERE HE NOT A GOOD SON
9
IN RUINS
I
IT IS THROUGH EXCESS OF GREATNESS THAT MAN REACHES EXCESS OF MISERY
II
THE DREGS
10
CONCLUSION
THE NIGHT AND THE SEA
I
A WATCHDOG MAY BE A GUARDIAN ANGEL
II
BARKILPHEDRO, HAVING AIMED AT THE EAGLE, BRINGS DOWN THE DOVE
III
PARADISE REGAINED BELOW
IV
NAY; ON HIGH!