LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.1.—Frontispiece.—[Briquet at the window.]2.—"[His face pleases me, and he has white hands and a well-kept beard."]3.—[Chicot, on rising, found himself face to face with a soldier.]4.—["An ax!" cried Henri, and with a vigorous arm he struck down wood and iron.]5.—["I said you were a traitor, and as a traitor you shall die."]6.—[The prince was cold, stiff, and perfectly inanimate.]THE FORTY-FIVE GUARDSMENCHAPTER I.THE PORTE ST. ANTOINE.