CONTENTS.

CHAPTER		PAGE
[I.]	Monsieur de Guise's Latin	1
[II.]	The Queen of Navarre's Bedchamber.	13
[III.]	The Poet-king	25
[IV.]	The Evening of the 24th of August, 1572	36
[V.]	Of the Louvre in Particular, and Of Virtue in General	44
[VI.]	The Debt Paid	53
[VII.]	The Night of the 24th of August, 1572	64
[VIII.]	The Massacre	78
[IX.]	The Murderers	89
[X.]	Death, Mass, Or the Bastille	102
[XI.]	The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of The Innocents	114
[XII.]	Mutual Confidences	125
[XIII.]	How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant for	132
[XIV.]	The Second Marriage Night	142
[XV.]	What Woman Wills, God Wills	150
[XVI.]	A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet	164
[XVII.]	Maître Ambroise Paré's Confrère	176
[XVIII.]	The Ghosts	183
[XIX.]	The Abode of Maître Réné, Perfumer To the Queen Mother	193
[XX.]	The Black Hens	204
[XXI.]	Madame de Sauve's Apartment	210
[XXII.]	"sire, You Shall Be King"	219
[XXIII.]	A New Convert	224
[XXIV.]	The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percée	236
[XXV.]	The Cherry-colored Cloak	248
[XXVI.]	Margarita	257
[XXVII.]	The Hand of God	263
[XXVIII.]	The Letter From Rome	268
[XXIX.]	The Departure	274
[XXX.]	Maurevel	280
[XXXI.]	The Hunt	284
[XXXII.]	Fraternity	293
[XXXIII.]	The Gratitude of King Charles IX	300
[XXXIV.]	Man Proposes But God Disposes	306
[XXXV.]	A Night of Kings	316
[XXXVI.]	The Anagram	324
[XXXVII.]	The Return To the Louvre	329
[XXXVIII.]	The Girdle of the Queen Mother	340
[XXXIX.]	Projects of Revenge	348
[XL.]	The Atrides	362
[XLI.]	The Horoscope	372
[XLII.]	Confidences	379
[XLIII.]	The Ambassadors	389
[XLIV.]	Orestes and Pylades	395
[XLV.]	Orthon	404
[XLVI.]	The Inn of la Belle Étoile	415
[XLVII.]	De Mouy de Saint Phale	423
[XLVIII.]	Two Heads for One Crown	430
[XLIX.]	The Treatise on Hunting	441
[L.]	Hawking	448
[LI.]	The Pavilion of François I	456
[LII.]	The Examination	464
[LIII.]	Actéon	473
[LIV.]	The Forest of Vincennes	479
[LV.]	The Figure of Wax	486
[LVI.]	The Invisible Bucklers	497
[LVII.]	The Judges	503
[LVIII.]	The Torture of the Boot	512
[LIX.]	The Chapel	520
[LX.]	The Place Saint Jean En Grève	525
[LXI.]	The Headsman's Tower	530
[LXII.]	The Sweat of Blood	538
[LXIII.]	The Donjon of the Prison of Vincennes	542
[LXIV.]	The Regency	547
[LXV.]	The King Is Dead! Long Live The King!	551
[LXVI.]	Epilogue	556