CHAPTER PAGE
I When the News Came[3]
II Four Gentlemen of Importance[28]
III A Chamois Hunter[42]
IV The Eagle’s Eyrie[52]
V Leo Versus Leopold[82]
VI Not in the Program[98]
VII The Honors of the Day[117]
VIII The Emperor’s Ball[126]
IX Iron Heart at Home[152]
X Virginia’s Great Moment[174]
XI The Man Who Waited[197]
XII “The Emperor will Understand”[206]
XIII The Magic Citron[214]
XIV The Emperor at Bay[227]
XV Through the Telephone[246]
XVI Truth According to the Chancellor[254]
XVII The Oldness of the Chancellor[279]
XVIII Not at Home[291]
XIX The Third Course[295]
XX After the Curtain Went Down[298]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Who is that girl?” asked Count von
Breitstein
[Frontispiece]
FACING
PAGE
She lost her scant foothold, slipped,
tried to hold on, failed, and slid
down the rock
[50]
“Let the law deal with the madman; it
is my will”
[128]
“Never!” she exclaimed. “It’s an insult”[194]
At sight of her the Emperor stopped on
the threshold
[292]
“We shall never be old, for we love
each other,” said the Emperor
[300]

THE PRINCESS VIRGINIA

CHAPTER I

WHEN THE NEWS CAME