CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAGE ANTWERP 9

CHAPTER II. SIGNOR DEODATI 30
CHAPTER III. THE PALACE OF SIMON TURCHI, AND WHAT OCCURRED THERE 43
CHAPTER IV. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION—THE ASSASSINATOR SLAIN 64
CHAPTER V. VAN DE WERVE'S RECEPTION—SIMON TURCHI'S JEALOUSY AND HATRED 79
CHAPTER VI. SIMON TURCHI WREAKS HIS VENGEANCE ON GERONIMO 96
CHAPTER VII. GRIEF AT GERONIMO'S ABSENCE—TURCHI'S HYPOCRISY 112
CHAPTER VIII. SIMON TURCHI TRIES TO CONCEAL HIS CRIME 128
CHAPTER IX. GERONIMO RESURRECTED 143