CONTENTS.CHAPTER I.[The Sport of Fools.]II.[The King of Navarre.]III.[Boot And Saddle.]IV.[Mademoiselle de la Vire.]V.[The Road to Blois.]VI.[My Mother's Lodging.]VII.[Simon Fleix.]VIII.[An Empty Room.]IX.[The House in the Ruelle d'Arcy.]X.[The Fight on the Stairs.]XI.[The Man at the Door.]XII.[Maximilian de Bethune, Baron de Rosny.]XIII.[At Rosny.]XIV.[M. de Rambouillet.]XV.[Vilain Herodes.]XVI.[In the King's Chamber.]XVII.[The Jacobin Monk.]XVIII.[The Offer of the League.]XIX.[Men call it Chance.]XX.[The King's Face.]XXI.[Two Women.]XXII.['La Femme Dispose.']XXIII.[The Last Valois.]XXIV.[A Royal Peril.]XXV.[Terms of Surrender.]XXVI.[Meditations.]XXVII.[To Me, my Friends!]XXVIII.[The Castle on the Hill.]XXIX.[Pestilence and Famine.]XXX.[Stricken.]XXXI.[Under the Greenwood.]XXXII.[A Tavern Brawl.]XXXIII.[At Meudon.]XXXIV.[''Tis an Ill Wind.']XXXV.['Le Roi est Mort.']XXXVI.['Vive le Roi!']