CONTENTS.

[Preliminary Sketch]
[Prologue]

Part First.

"FRANK VAN HUYDEN." DEC. 23 1844.—EVENING.

[CHAPTER I.]"Does he Remember?"
[CHAPTER II.]Frank and her Singular Visitor.
[CHAPTER III.]The Childhood of the Midnight Queen.
[CHAPTER IV.]Maidenhood.
[CHAPTER V.]On the Rock.
[CHAPTER VI.]Among the Palisades.
[CHAPTER VII.]In the Forest Nook.
[CHAPTER VIII.]Home, Adieu!
[CHAPTER IX.]Ernest and his Singular Adventures.
[CHAPTER X.]The Palace-Home.
[CHAPTER XI.]"She'll Do!"
[CHAPTER XII.]A Revelation.
[CHAPTER XIII.]Morphine.
[CHAPTER XIV.]The Sale is complete.
[CHAPTER XV.]"Lost—Lost, Utterly!"

Part Second.

FROM NIGHTFALL UNTIL MIDNIGHT. DEC. 23, 1844.

[CHAPTER I.]Bloodhound and the Unknown.
[CHAPTER II.]The Canal street Shirt Store.
[CHAPTER III.]"Do they Roar?"
[CHAPTER IV.]The Seven Vaults.
[CHAPTER V.]The Legate of the Pope.
[CHAPTER VI.]"Joanna!"
[CHAPTER VII.]The White Slave and his Sister.
[CHAPTER VIII.]Eleanor Lynn.
[CHAPTER IX.]Bernard Lynn.
[CHAPTER X.]"Yes! You will meet Him."
[CHAPTER XI.]In the House of the Merchant Prince.
[CHAPTER XII.]"Show Me the Way."
[CHAPTER XIII.]"The Reverend Voluptuaries."
[CHAPTER XIV.]"Below Five Points."