CONTENTS.

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I. THE EMPEROR ENTERS TREVES[1]
II. THE ARCHER INTRODUCES HIMSELF[13]
III. LISTENERS HEAR LITTLE GOOD OF THEMSELVES[28]
IV. THE EMPEROR DISAPPEARS[42]
V. LOVE LEADS THE WAY[55]
VI. AN UNWISHED-FOR MARRIAGE DAY[62]
VII. THE FLIGHT OF THE COUNTESS[69]
VIII. THE RAPIER AND THE BROADSWORD[80]
IX. A PALATIAL PRISON[92]
X. THE INTERCEPTED FUGITIVES[99]
XI. IN QUEST OF A WIFE WITH A TROOP OF HORSE[112]
XII. CUPID'S BOW GIVES PLACE TO THE ARCHER'S[123]
XIII. THE BLACK COUNT IS PERSUADED NOT TO HANG HIS EMPEROR[134]
XIV. A RELUCTANT WELCOME[148]
XV. CASTLE THURON MAKES A FULL MEAL[158]
XVI. THE COUNTESS TRIES TO TAME THE BEAR[174]
XVII. THE ENVOY'S DISASTROUS RETURN[184]
XVIII. A TWO-HANDED SWORD TEACHES DEPORTMENT[198]
XIX. A MAN AND A WOMAN MEET BY TORCHLIGHT[209]
XX. A BREAKFAST ON THE TOP OF THE SOUTH TOWER[217]
XXI. AN EXPERIMENT IN DIPLOMACY[228]
XXII. THE FIRST ATTACK ON CASTLE THURON[234]
XXIII. THE TWO ARCHBISHOPS FALL OUT[245]
XXIV. COUNT BERTRICH EXPLAINS HIS FAILURE[256]
XXV. THE SECOND ASSAULT ON THE CASTLE[260]
XXVI. AN ILLUMINATED NIGHT ATTACK ON THURON[269]
XXVII. THE TWO YEARS' SIEGE BEGINS[277]
XXVIII. THE SECOND ARCHER ANNOUNCES HIMSELF[284]
XXIX. CONRAD VENTURES HIS LIFE FOR HIS LOVE[294]
XXX. THE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK[304]
XXXI. BRAVE NEWS OF THE EMPEROR[313]
XXXII. "FOR YOUR LOVE I WOULD DEFY FATE."[327]
XXXIII. A GRIM INTERRUPTION TO A LOVERS' MEETING[336]
XXXIV. THE BLACK COUNT'S DEFIANCE[351]
XXXV. THE NIGHT ESCAPE OF THE EMPEROR[363]
XXXVI. THE FIVE BILLETLESS ARROWS[371]
XXXVII. THE TRAITOR AND HIS PRICE[378]
XXXVIII. THE INCOGNITO FALLS[385]
XXXIX. THE EMPEROR AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY[396]
XL. THE ARCHBISHOPS ENVIRONED WITH A RING OF IRON[403]
XLI. "WHY HAVE YOU DARED TO LEVY WAR?"[413]
XLII. TEKLA REPLENISHES HER WARDROBE[423]
XLIII. THE COUNTESS AND THE EMPEROR[429]

TEKLA.