CONTENTS.CHAPTER I.[A Bolt from the Blue.]II.[Ruin.]III.[Madame D'Entrangues.]IV.[A Fool's Cap and a Sore Heart.]V.[D'Entrangues Scores a Point.]VI.[Bernabo Ceci.]VII.[The Garden of St. Michael.]VIII.[Temptation.]IX.[The Marzocco Inn.]X.[Niccolo Machiavelli.]XI.[The Letter to D'Amboise.]XII.[The Ambuscade.]XIII.[Rome.]XIV.[George of Amboise.]XV.[The Gift of Bayard.]XVI.[Friend or Foe.]XVII.[The Vatican.]XVIII.[The Opal Ring.]XIX.[Exit the Ancient Brico.]XX.["A Brown Paul--a Little Copper."]XXI.[The Rescue of Angiola.]XXII.[The Ride to St. Jerome.]XXIII.[The Pavilion of Tremouille.]XXIV.[Too Dearly Bought.]XXV.[The Vengeance of Corte.]XXVI.[Concerning many Things.]XXVII.[My Lord, the Count.]