François escapes from Paris and goes in search of a father. He meets a man who has a wart on his nose, and who because of this is unlucky
How François finds Despard and has a lesson in politics, and of what came of it
How François warns the Marquis de Ste. Luce, and of the battle on the staircase between the old day and the new
Of how François, escaping, lives in the wood; of how he sees the daughter of the marquis dying, and knows not then, or ever after, what it was that hurt him; of how he becomes homesick for Paris
Wherein is told how François reënters Paris, and lodges with the Crab; and of how Toto is near to death by the guillotine. François meets Despard and the marquis, who warns him and is warned