CONTENTS

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[I] [A FLASH OF LIGHTNING][3]
[II] [AT THE AMOUR DE DIEU][9]
[III] [M. LE DUC IS WELL GUARDED][16]
[IV] [THE THREE MEN IN THE WINDOW][27]
[V] [RAPIERS AND A VOW][37]
[VI] [A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH][51]
[VII] [A DIVIDED DUTY][62]
[VIII] [CHARLES-ANDRÉ-ÉTIENNE-MARIE][74]
[IX] [THE HONOUR OF ST. QUENTIN][85]
[X] [LUCAS AND "LE GAUCHER"][96]
[XI] [VIGO][107]
[XII] [THE COMTE DE MAR][120]
[XIII] [MADEMOISELLE][134]
[XIV] [IN THE ORATORY][153]
[XV] [MY LORD MAYENNE][167]
[XVI] [MAYENNE'S WARD][186]
[XVII] ["I'LL WIN MY LADY!"][203]
[XVIII] [TO THE BASTILLE][222]
[XIX] [TO THE HÔTEL DE LORRAINE][241]
[XX] ["ON GUARD, MONSIEUR"][251]
[XXI] [A CHANCE ENCOUNTER][266]
[XXII] [THE SIGNET OF THE KING][278]
[XXIII] [THE CHEVALIER OF THE TOURNELLES][296]
[XXIV] [THE FLORENTINES][319]
[XXV] [A DOUBLE MASQUERADE][336]
[XXVI] [WITHIN THE SPIDER'S WEB][362]
[XXVII] [THE COUNTERSIGN][379]
[XXVIII] [ST. DENIS—AND NAVARRE!][402]
[XXIX] [THE TWO DUKES][423]
[XXX][MY YOUNG LORD SETTLES SCORES WITH TWO FOES AT ONCE][440]
[XXXI] ["THE VERY PATTERN OF A KING"][461]