[LE CLOS-AUX-GRIVES]

I.[THE COURT OF CHARLEMAGNE]209
II.[M. DE KERSAINT ANSWERS FOR A KINSMAN]215
III.[M. DE KERSAINT ANSWERS FOR HIMSELF]225
IV.[A MOONLIGHT WALK IN THE FOREST]236
V.[WHAT THE ABBÉ THOUGHT OF IT]246
VI.[MEMINI ET PERMANEO]253
VII.[THE CHURCH MILITANT]260
VIII.[THE PAWN RETURNS TO THE BOARD]267
IX.[THE CHOICE]278
X.[“AFTERWARDS”]286
XI.[AMONG THE WATCHERS]295
XII.[THE CENTRE OF THE LABYRINTH]304

BOOK IV

[THE YELLOW POPPY]

I.[FULFILMENT]315
II.[THE YELLOW POPPY]324
III.[THE COST OF ANSWERED PRAYER]331
IV.[WAR . . . AND TREATIES]340
V.[ALONE IN ARMS]353
VI.[“SWORD, THY NOBLER USE IS DONE!”]362
VII.[HOW AT THE LAST THE WINE WAS NOT DRUNK]371
VIII.[WHAT WAS LEARNT AT VANNES]381
IX.[THE RUBIES OF MIRABEL]387
X.[THE LAST CONFLICT]398
XI.[GASTON GIVES UP THE YELLOW POPPY]411
XII.[FOR SOME THE WORLD IS EMPTY]421
XIII.[TO THE UTTERMOST]432

BOOK I

THE WEDDING GIFT

“And so, self-girded with torn strips of hope,

Took up his life, as if it were for death