1.An Abbess of the Eighteenth Century[431]
2.Decidedly the Family begins to settle down[435]
3.What passed three Nights later at eight hundred Leagues from the Palais Royal[438]
4.Showing how Chance arranges some Matters better than Providence[442]
5.The Journey[444]
6.A Room in the Hotel at Rambouillet[447]
7.A Servant in the Royal Livery—Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans[449]
8.The Utility of a Seal[452]
9.The Visit[455]
10.In which Dubois proves that his Police was better organized at an Expense of three hundred thousand Francs than the general Police for three Millions[459]
11.Rambouillet again[461]
12.Captain la Jonquiere[463]
13.Monsieur Moutonnet, Draper at St. Germain-en-Laye[466]
14.Trust to Signs of Gratitude[468]
15.His Excellency the Duc d'Orleans[471]
16."Monseigneur, we are Bretons"[474]
17.Monsieur Andre[475]
18.The Faubourg Saint Antoine[479]
19.The Artist and the Politician[481]
20.Blood reveals itself[484]
21.What passed in the Rue du Bac while waiting for Gaston[488]
22.In Bretagne[502]
23.The Sorceress of Savernay[505]
24.The Arrest[509]
25.The Bastille[512]
26.How Life passed in the Bastille while waiting for Death[516]
27.How the Night passed in the Bastille while waiting for the Day[519]
28.A Companion in the Bastille[522]
29.The Sentence[527]
30.The Family Feud[531]
31.State Affairs and Family Affairs[538]
32.Showing that we must not always judge Others by Ourselves[543]
33.Monceaux[547]
34.The Pardon[550]
35.The last Interview[553]
36.Nantes[555]
37.The Tragedy of Nantes[560]
38.The End[564]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[13.]—Captain la Jonquiere.

[14.]—Philip V.

[15.]—Gaston rose hastily, and met D'Argenson with a law officer.

[16.]—Abbe Brigaud.

[17.]—Mademoiselle de Launay.

[18.]—The Regent.