Contents

PROLOGUE
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I.The Meeting in the Forest[1]
II.The Castle by the Sea[13]
III.Fever and Convalescence[30]
IV.The Sealed Chamber[45]
V.The Return of the "Master"[60]
THE STORY
I.Two Years Afterwards[78]
II.Czernovese Politics[92]
III.A Menace from the Czar[110]
IV.The Princess and the Cardinal[122]
V.On the Russian Frontier[136]
VI.Katina the Patriot[149]
VII.What happened in Russograd[170]
VIII.Paul and the Princess[186]
IX.A Display of Swordsmanship[200]
X.The Deed of Michael the Guardsman[215]
XI.The Envoy of the Czar[230]
XII.The Polish Conspiracy[254]
XIII.The Fate of the Appropriation Bill[274]
XIV.Nearing a Crisis[300]
XV.The Eve of the Coronation[326]
XVI.The Crime that failed[343]
XVII.The Beginning of the Coronation[361]
XVIII.The Great White Czar[377]
XIX.The Coronation Duel[395]
XX.All's Well that ends Well[410]

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