The Whites and the Blues

by Alexandre Dumas

CONTENTS

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	PROLOGUE
	THE PRUSSIANS ON THE RHINE
[I.]	From the Hôtel de la Poste to the Hôtel de la Lanterne	7
[II.]	The Citizeness Teutch	15
[III.]	Euloge Schneider	23
[IV.]	Eugene de Beauharnais	31
[V.]	Mademoiselle de Brumpt	38
[VI.]	Master Nicholas	49
[VII.]	Filial Love, or the Wooden Leg	54
[VIII.]	The Provocation	61
[IX.]	In which Charles is Arrested	67
[X.]	Schneider's Journey	73
[XI.]	The Marriage Proposal	76
[XII.]	Saint-Just	80
[XIII.]	The Wedding of Euloge Schneider	87
[XIV.]	Wishes	92
[XV.]	The Count de Sainte-Hermine	99
[XVI.]	The Foraging Cap	106
[XVII.]	Pichegru	113
[XVIII.]	Charles's Reception	119
[XIX.]	The Spy	125
[XX.]	The Dying Man's Prophecy	132
[XXI.]	The Night Before the Battle	139
[XXII.]	The Battle	144
[XXIII.]	After the Battle	150
[XXIV.]	Citizen Fenouillot, Commercial Traveller for Champagne	155
[XXV.]	Chasseur Falou and Corporal Faraud	161
[XXVI.]	The Prince's Envoy	167
[XXVII.]	Pichegru's Reply	173
[XXVIII.]	The Drum-Head Marriage	181
[XXIX.]	The Prussian Artillery for Six Hundred Francs	190
[XXX.]	The Organ	196
[XXXI.]	In which the Organ-Grinder's Plan Begins to Develop	202
[XXXII.]	The Toast	207
[XXXIII.]	The Order of the Day	212
[XXXIV.]	A Chapter which is but One with the Following Chapter	219
[XXXV.]	In which Abatucci Fulfils the Mission that he has Received from his General, and Charles that which he Received from God	224
	THE THIRTEENTH VENDÉMIAIRE
[I.]	A Bird's-Eye View	230
[II.]	A Glimpse of Paris—The Incroyables	234
[III.]	The Merveilleuses	238
[IV.]	The Sections	242
[V.]	The President of the Section le Peletier	247
[VI.]	Three Leaders	253
[VII.]	General Roundhead and the Chief of the Companions of Jehu	256
[VIII.]	The Man in the Green Coat	261
[IX.]	An Incroyable and a Merveilleuse	265
[X.]	Two Portraits	270
[XI.]	Aspasia's Toilet	275
[XII.]	For which Voltaire and Rousseau are to Blame	278
[XIII.]	The Eleventh Vendémiaire	282
[XIV.]	The Twelfth Vendémiaire	286
[XV.]	The Night of the 12th and the 13th Vendémiaire	290
[XVI.]	The Salon of Madame de Staël, the Swedish Ambassadress	293
[XVII.]	The Hotel of the Rights of Man	306
[XVIII.]	Citizen Bonaparte	310
[XIX.]	Citizen Garat	314
[XX.]	The Outposts	320
[XXI.]	The Steps of Saint-Roch	325
[XXII.]	The Rout	329
[XXIII.]	The Victory	333
[XXIV.]	The Sword of the Vicomte de Beauharnais	336
[XXV.]	The Map of Marengo	340
[XXVI.]	Marie-Rose-Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, Vicomtesse Beauharnais	345
[XXVII.]	Where an Angel Steps a Miracle is Performed	349
[XXVIII.]	The Sibyl	354
[XXIX.]	Fortune-Telling	360
[XXX.]	The Pretended Incroyable	365
[XXXI.]	"Macbeth, thou Shalt be King!"	370
[XXXII.]	The Man of the Future	376
	THE EIGHTEENTH FRUCTIDOR
[I.]	A Glance at the Provinces	383
[II.]	The Traveller	388
[III.]	The Chartreuse of Seillon	393
[IV.]	The Traitor	398
[V.]	The Judgment	402
[VI.]	Diane of Fargas	407
[VII.]	What was Talked About for More than Three Months in the Little Town of Nantua	412
[VIII.]	A New Companion is Received into the Society of Jehu under the Name of Alcibiades	417
[IX.]	The Comte de Fargas	422
[X.]	The Trouillasse Tower	426
[XI.]	Brother and Sister	431
[XII.]	In which the Reader will Meet some Old Acquaintances	436
[XIII.]	Citizens and Messieurs	441
[XIV.]	The Cause of Citizen-General Bonaparte's Ill-Humor	446
[XV.]	Augereau	452
[XVI.]	The Citizen-Directors	458
[XVII.]	Mademoiselle de Sainte-Amour's Sick-Headache	465
[XVIII.]	The Mission of Mademoiselle de Fargas	470
[XIX.]	The Travellers	476
[XX.]	"The Best of Friends Must Part"	482
[XXI.]	Citizen François Goulin	487
[XXII.]	Colonel Hulot	492
[XXIII.]	The Battle	497
[XXIV.]	Portia	502
[XXV.]	Cadoudal's Idea	507
[XXVI.]	The Road to the Scaffold	513
[XXVII.]	The Execution	518
[XXVIII.]	The Seventh Fructidor	524
[XXIX.]	Jean-Victor Moreau	530
[XXX.]	The Eighteenth Fructidor	536
[XXXI.]	The Temple	542
[XXXII.]	The Exiles	548
[XXXIII.]	The Journey	553
[XXXIV.]	The Embarkation	559
[XXXV.]	Farewell, France!	566
	THE EIGHTH CRUSADE
[I.]	Saint-Jean-d'Acre	572
[II.]	The Prisoners	577
[III.]	The Carnage	583
[IV.]	From Ancient Days to Our Own	588
[V.]	Sidney Smith	594
[VI.]	Ptolemais	601
[VII.]	The Scouts	607
[VIII.]	The Beautiful Daughters of Nazareth	613
[IX.]	The Battle of Nazareth	619
[X.]	Mount Tabor	624
[XI.]	The Bullet Merchant	631
[XII.]	How Citizen Pierre-Claude Faraud was made a Sub-Lieutenant	635
[XIII.]	The Last Assault	640
[XIV.]	The Last Bulletin	644
[XV.]	Vanished Dreams	648
[XVI.]	The Retreat	652
[XVII.]	Wherein we see that Bonaparte's Presentiments did not DeceiveHim	657
[XVIII.]	Aboukir	662
[XIX.]	Departure	668

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