To the Memory of Madge Henley.
CONTENTS
[ INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPERIAL EDITION ]
[ I. ] AN ESCORT TO THE CITADEL
[ II. ] THE MASTER OF THE KING’S MAGAZINE
[ III. ] THE WAGER AND THE SWORD
[ IV. ] THE RAT IN THE TRAP
[ V. ] THE DEVICE OF THE DORMOUSE
[ VI. ] MORAY TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
[ VII. ] "QUOTH LITTLE GARAINE”
[ VIII. ] AS VAIN AS ABSALOM
[ IX. ] A LITTLE CONCERNING THE CHEVALIER DE LA DARANTE
[ X. ] AN OFFICER OF MARINES
[ XI. ] THE COMING OF DOLTAIRE
[ XII. ] "THE POINT ENVENOMED TOO!”
[ XIII. ] "A LITTLE BOAST”
[ XIV. ] ARGAND COURNAL.
[ XV. ] IN THE CHAMBER OF TORTURE
[ XVI. ] BE SAINT OR IMP
[ XVII. ] THROUGH THE BARS OF THE CAGE
[ XVIII. ] THE STEEP PATH OF CONQUEST
[ XIX. ] A DANSEUSE AND THE BASTILE
[ XX. ] UPON THE RAMPARTS
[ XXI. ] LA JONGLEUSE
[ XXII. ] THE LORD OF KAMARSKA
[ XXIII. ] WITH WOLFE AT MONTMORENCI.
[ XXIV. ] THE SACRED COUNTERSIGN
[ XXV. ] IN THE CATHEDRAL.
[ XXVI. ] THE SECRET OF THE TAPESTRY
[ XXVII. ] A SIDE-WIND OF REVENGE
[ XXVIII. ] "TO CHEAT THE DEVIL YET.”
[ XXIX. ] "MASTER DEVIL” DOLTAIRE
[ XXX. ] "WHERE ALL THE LOVERS CAN HIDE”
[ APPENDIX. ]