VOLUME I

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EXAMINING THE ABBÉ'S PAPERS.

He opened and ran through several other papers which mentioned none but unknown names, and which Mila burned without looking at them.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. THE TRAVELLER II. THE TRAVELLER'S STORY III. MONSIGNORE IV. MYSTERIES V. THE CASINO VI. THE STAIRCASE VII. A GLANCE VIII. THE INTRUDER IX. MILA X. PROBLEM XI. THE GROTTO OF THE NAIAD XII. MAGNANI XIII. AGATHA XIV. BARBAGALLO XV. ROMANTIC LOVE XVI. CONCLUSION OF MAGNANI'S STORY XVII. THE CYCLAMEN XVIII. THE MONKS XIX. YOUTHFUL LOVES XX. BEL PASSO AND MAL PASSO XXI. FRA ANGELO XXII. THE FIRST STEP ON THE MOUNTAIN XXIII. THE DESTATORE XXIV. IL PICCININO XXV. THE DESTATORE'S CROSS XXVI. AGATHA XXVII. DIPLOMACY XXVIII. JEALOUSY XXIX. APPARITIONS XXX. THE FALSE MONK XXXI. WITCHCRAFT XXXII. THE ESCALADE XXXIII. THE RING XXXIV. AT THE FOUNTAIN XXXV. THE COAT OF ARMS