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