Stuttgart, 1905.

CONTENTS

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[I.]THE INTRIGUE,[1]
[II.]THE AVE MARIA,[13]
[III.]THE FIRST STEP,[27]
[IV.]THE JOURNEY,[50]
[V.]THE PLAY-ACTING,[68]
[VI.]LOVE'S SPRINGTIDE,[82]
[VII.]THE FULFILMENT,[90]
[VIII.]THE GHETTO,[103]
[IX.]'SHE COMES TO STAY THIS TIME,'[116]
[X.]THE ATTACK IN THE GROTTO,[129]
[XI.]THE MOCK MARRIAGE,[153]
[XII.]THE MOCK COURT,[167]
[XIII.]THE DUCHESS'S BLACK ROOMS,[181]
[XIV.]THE SECOND MARRIAGE,[196]
[XV.]THE RETURN,[212]
[XVI.]LUDWIGSBURG,[224]
[XVII.]THE BURNING IN EFFIGY,[242]
[XVIII.]THE SINNER'S PALACE,[261]
[XIX.]THE GREAT TRIUMPH AND THE SHADOW,[279]
[XX.]SATIETY,[302]
[XXI.]THE DOWNFALL,[325]
[XXII.]REST,[350]

A GERMAN POMPADOUR

CHAPTER I