Copyright 1905 by G. Barrie & Sons

A GENTLEMEN'S DINNER AT DEFFIEUX'S

"Now, then, messieurs, as one should never be ungrateful, as one should bestow at least a single thought on those who have made one happy, I drink to my mistresses, messieurs, to whom I bid a last farewell to-day!"

NOVELS
BY
Paul de Kock
VOLUME V
FRÉDÉRIQUE
VOL. I

THE JEFFERSON PRESS
BOSTON NEW YORK

Copyrighted, 1903-1904, by G. B. & Sons.
FRÉDÉRIQUE

[I]—A GENTLEMEN'S DINNER AT DEFFIEUX'S
[II]—THE CHAPTER OF CONFIDENCES.—THREE SOUS
[III]—BLIND-MAN'S-BUFF.—AT THE WINDOWS.—IN A BALLOON
[IV]—THE LOST KEY
[V]—FILLETTES, GRISETTES, AND LORETTES
[VI]—MONSIEUR FOUVENARD'S BONNE FORTUNE.—THE GINGERBREAD WOMAN
[VII]—MADEMOISELLE MIGNONNE
[VIII]—AN EXPEDIENT
[IX]—THE WEDDING PARTY IN THE FRONT ROOMS
[X]—A PINCH OF SNUFF.—A FAMILY TABLEAU
[XI]—MADAME FRÉDÉRIQUE
[XII]—THE WEDDING PARTY IN THE REAR ROOM
[XIII]—THE BRIDE AND GROOM AND THEIR KINSFOLK
[XIV]—A YOUNG DANDY.—A DELIGHTFUL HUSBAND
[XV]—A VAGABOND
[XVI]—MADAME LANDERNOY
[XVII]—MADAME SORDEVILLE AND HER RECEPTION
[XVIII]—BARON VON BRUNZBRACK
[XIX]—THE LITTLE SUPPER PARTY
[XX]—BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE CHAMPAGNE
[XXI]—CONFIDENCES
[XXII]—MONSIEUR DAUBERNY
[XXIII]—A MOMENT OF FORGETFULNESS
[XXIV]—COQUETRY AND BACCARAT.—A FIASCO
[XXV]—A YOUNG MOTHER
[XXVI]—THE SQUIRREL
[XXVII]—A CONSULTATION
[XXVIII]—A WORD OF ADVICE.—AN ASSIGNATION
[XXIX]—AN ENCOUNTER ON THE CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
[XXX]—CONFIDENCE IS OF SLOW GROWTH
[XXXI]—DISAPPOINTED HOPES
[XXXII]—A REVELATION