CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| FOREWORD | [i] | |
| PREFACE | [v] | |
| [PART I] | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| I | MARCEL’S HOMECOMING | [1] |
| II | BROTHER AND SISTER | [26] |
| III | THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS | [47] |
| IV | A MORNING AT LA CHÊNAIE | [63] |
| V | ALICE’S SECRET | [85] |
| VI | MONSIEUR AND MADAME DULAURENS | [106] |
| VII | THE PROPOSAL | [127] |
| VIII | THE CONSPIRATORS | [148] |
| IX | THE FAREWELL | [167] |
| X | MARCEL’S DEPARTURE | [177] |
| [PART II] | ||
| I | THIRTEEN AT TABLE | [191] |
| II | THE POLICEMAN’S MESSAGE | [219] |
| III | NIOBE | [240] |
| IV | THE PAGEANTRY OF DEATH | [252] |
| V | JEAN | [276] |
| VI | ISABELLE | [296] |
| VII | PAULE’S SECRET | [315] |
| VIII | MADAME GUIBERT | [335] |
| IX | THE MIRACLE OF THE ROSES | [348] |
| X | NIOBE’S LAST CHILD | [360] |
| XI | PEACE | [376] |