Front matter
Reading edition
Copyright, 1900, By THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I.Monsieur de Guise's Latin1
II.The Queen of Navarre's Bedchamber.13
III.The Poet-king25
IV.The Evening of the 24th of August, 157236
V.Of the Louvre in Particular, and Of Virtue in General44
VI.The Debt Paid53
VII.The Night of the 24th of August, 157264
VIII.The Massacre78
IX.The Murderers89
X.Death, Mass, Or the Bastille102
XI.The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of The Innocents114
XII.Mutual Confidences125
XIII.How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant for132
XIV.The Second Marriage Night142
XV.What Woman Wills, God Wills150
XVI.A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet164
XVII.Maître Ambroise Paré's Confrère176
XVIII.The Ghosts183
XIX.The Abode of Maître Réné, Perfumer To the Queen Mother193
XX.The Black Hens204
XXI.Madame de Sauve's Apartment210
XXII."sire, You Shall Be King"219
XXIII.A New Convert224
XXIV.The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percée236
XXV.The Cherry-colored Cloak248
XXVI.Margarita257
XXVII.The Hand of God263
XXVIII.The Letter From Rome268
XXIX.The Departure274
XXX.Maurevel280
XXXI.The Hunt284
XXXII.Fraternity293
XXXIII.The Gratitude of King Charles IX300
XXXIV.Man Proposes But God Disposes306
XXXV.A Night of Kings316
XXXVI.The Anagram324
XXXVII.The Return To the Louvre329
XXXVIII.The Girdle of the Queen Mother340
XXXIX.Projects of Revenge348
XL.The Atrides362
XLI.The Horoscope372
XLII.Confidences379
XLIII.The Ambassadors389
XLIV.Orestes and Pylades395
XLV.Orthon404
XLVI.The Inn of la Belle Étoile415
XLVII.De Mouy de Saint Phale423
XLVIII.Two Heads for One Crown430
XLIX.The Treatise on Hunting441
L.Hawking448
LI.The Pavilion of François I456
LII.The Examination464
LIII.Actéon473
LIV.The Forest of Vincennes479
LV.The Figure of Wax486
LVI.The Invisible Bucklers497
LVII.The Judges503
LVIII.The Torture of the Boot512
LIX.The Chapel520
LX.The Place Saint Jean En Grève525
LXI.The Headsman's Tower530
LXII.The Sweat of Blood538
LXIII.The Donjon of the Prison of Vincennes542
LXIV.The Regency547
LXV.The King Is Dead! Long Live The King!551
LXVI.Epilogue556