CONTENTS

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I. Gian Galeazzo Maria Visconti[3]
II. "Francisco"[15]
III. The Hostage of the Estes[25]
IV. Valentine[35]
V. The Painter's Daughter[39]
VI. The Rescue of Count von Schulembourg[51]
VII. "Graziosa's Bracelet"[58]
VIII. For a Lady's Gift[75]
IX. The Return of the Dead[88]
X. The Turquoise Gloves[99]
XI. Mastino della Scala[111]
XII. Graziosa's Lover[120]
XIII. Valentine Visconti's Toast[133]
XIV. The Tumult at the Western Gate[144]
XV. A Prisoner from Milan[157]
XVI. For a Game of Chess[165]
XVII. The Terrors of the Night[172]
XVIII. Giacomo Carrara's Reward[184]
XIX. A Sign from Heaven[190]
XX. In the Duke's Absence[199]
XXI. The Duke's Return[214]
XXII. The Secret Passage[226]
XXIII. For Love of Ambrogio[231]
XXIV. Treachery[238]
XXV. In Cloth of Gold[243]
XXVI. In Visconti's Hands[255]
XXVII. Unequal Odds[267]
XXVIII. The Viper[272]
XXIX. The Ordeal of Mastino della Scala[287]
XXX. The Wedding[303]
XXXI. The Pride of the d'Estes[314]
XXXII. The Price of Dishonor[327]
XXXIII. The Storm[334]
XXXIV. An Instrument of God[344]

The Viper of Milan