Contents

[ PART I. ] THE ELECTION
[ I. ] ALL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH A BUSTLE
[ II. ] REVOLT OF A LIBERAL ROTTEN-BOROUGH
[ III. ] OPPOSITION DEFINES ITSELF
[ IV. ] THE FIRST PARLIAMENTARY TEMPEST
[ V. ] THE PERPLEXITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ARCIS
[ VI. ] THE CAMPAIGN OF 1814 FROM THE HOSIERY POINT OF VIEW
[ VII. ] THE BEAUVISAGE FAMILY
[ VIII. ] IN WHICH THE DOT, ONE OF THE HEROINES OF THIS HISTORY, APPEARS
[ IX. ] A STRANGER
[ X. ] THE REVELATIONS OF AN OPERA-GLASS
[ XI. ] IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE BEGINS TO LOSE VOTES
[ XII. ] THE SALON OF MADAME D’ESPARD
[ XIII. ] PREFACE BEFORE LETTERING
[ PART II. ] LETTERS EXPLANATORY
[ I. ] THE COMTE DE L’ESTORADE TO MONSIEUR MARIE-GASTON
[ II. ] THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS
[ III. ] THE COMTE DE L’ESTORADE TO MONSIEUR MARIE-GASTON
[ IV. ] THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORAADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS
[ V. ] THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS
[ VI. ] THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS
[ VII. ] THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS
[ VIII. ] THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS
[ IX. ] DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON
[ X. ] DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON
[ XI. ] THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS
[ XII. ] DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON
[ XIII. ] DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON
[ XIV. ] MARIE-GASTON TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE
[ XV. ] MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE
[ XVI. ] MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE
[ XVII. ] MARIE-GASTON TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE
[ XVIII. ] CHARLES DE SALLENAUVE TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE
[ XIX. ] MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE
[ PART III. ] MONSIEUR DE SALLENAUVE
[ I. ] THE SORROWS OF MONSIEUR DE TRAILLES
[ II. ] A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ELEVEN O’CLOCK AND MIDNIGHT
[ III. ] A MINISTER’S MORNING
[ IV. ] A CATECHISM
[ V. ] CHILDREN
[ VI. ] CURIOSITY THAT CAME WITHIN AN ACE OF BEING FATAL
[ VII. ] THE WAY TO MANAGE POLITICAL INTRIGUES
[ VIII. ] SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES
[ IX. ] IN THE CHAMBER


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