CONTENTS.

[PROLOGUE.]

[I. PRACTICAL POLITICS.]

[II. REVOLUTION AND ROSE-WATER.]

[III. THE RIVAL HEIR.]

[IV. THE STERN PARENT.]

[V. TWO DIPLOMATISTS.]

[VI. THE RED GODS CALL.]

[VII. THE ENEMY IN THE WAY.]

[VIII. A PORT OF REFUGE.]

[IX. ARTS OF PEACE.]

[X. THE INTERVENTION OF THE ADMIRAL.]

[XI. THE SYMPATHY OF EUROPE.]

[XII. A BAPTISM OF FIRE.]

[XIII. KNIGHTLY EMULATION.]

[XIV. IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO.]

[XV. THE TOWER OF SEGRETI.]

[XVI. THE CONSULS TO THE RESCUE.]

[XVII. THE HOPE THAT FAILED.]

[XVIII. A RUSE DE GUERRE.]

[XIX. THE BITTER END.]

[XX. FUGITIVES.]

[XXI. THE BRITISH FLAG.]

[XXII. CHANGES AND CHANCES.]

[XXIII. AN UNHOLY COMPACT.]

[XXIV. THE WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.]

[XXV. A CONTESTED ELECTION.]

[XXVI. PAYING THE BILL.]