Copyright 1902

The Bowen-Merrill Company

October


CONTENTS

ChapterPage
IIn the Heart of Paris[1]
IIThe Little Actress[17]
IIIThe Rescue[30]
IVIn Beauty’s Quarrel[40]
VThe Elder Brother[49]
VIOn the Balcony[62]
VIIAn Ugly Duchess[72]
VIIIOur City of Refuge[86]
IXA Crimson Mantle[98]
XA Pilgrim and a Wayfarer[110]
XIA Lost Cause[132]
XIIOnly the Sunny Hours[142]
XIIIHis Grace and Peggy[157]
XIVThe Drenched Hen[173]
XVThe Lost Sheep[187]
XVIThe Setting of a Star[200]
XVIIAn Impatient Lover[216]
XVIIIA Vindictive Rogue[229]
XIXThe Happiest Man Alive[242]
XXForging the Chain[253]
XXIThe Service of a Friend[270]
XXIIHer Best Beloved[282]
XXIIIA Loving Quest[297]
XXIVConfident To-morrows[307]
XXVA Discomfited Bishop[319]
XXVICome and Rejoice[335]
XXVIIA Royal Recompense[350]
XXVIIIA Campaign of Pleasure[368]
XXIXAs Having No Past[383]
XXXThe Boar Hunt[395]
XXXIThe Bitterness of Doubt[410]
XXXIIIn Snuff-Colored Clothes[423]
XXXIIIA Devil’s Imp[433]
XXXIVA Garret in Prague[448]
XXXVWould You Leave Me Now[458]

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