CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [A NEST OF NINNIES]
II [A ROYAL EAVESDROPPER]
III [A GIFT FOR THE DUKE]
IV [AN IMPATIENT SUITOR]
V [JACQUELINE FETCHES THE PRINCESS' FAN]
VI [THE ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE]
VII [THE COURT OF LOVE]
VIII [A BRIEF TRUCE]
IX [THE FLIGHT OF THE FOOL]
X [THE FOOL RETURNS TO THE CASTLE]
XI [A NEW MESSENGER TO THE EMPEROR]
XII [THE DUKE ENTERS THE LISTS]
XIII [A CHAPLET FOR THE DUKE]
XIV [AN EARLY MORNING VISIT]
XV [A NEW DISCOVERY]
XVI [TIDINGS FROM THE COURT]
XVII [JACQUELINE'S QUEST]
XVIII [THE SECRET OF THE JESTERS]
XIX [A FIGURE IN THE MOONLIGHT]
XX [AN UNEQUAL CONFLICT]
XXI [THE DESERTED HUT]
XXII [THE TALE OF THE SWORD]
XXIII [THE DWARF MAKES AN EARLY CALL]
XXIV [AN ENCOUNTER AT THE BRIDGE]
XXV [IN THE TENT OF THE EMPEROR]
XXVI [THE DEBT OF NATURE]
XXVII [A MAID OF FRANCE]
XXVIII [THE FAVORITE IS ALARMED]
XXIX [THE FAVORITE IS REASSURED]