BOOK IV

THE YELLOW POPPY

I.FULFILMENT315

II.THE YELLOW POPPY324

III.THE COST OF ANSWERED PRAYER331

IV.WAR . . . AND TREATIES340

V.ALONE IN ARMS353

VI.“SWORD, THY NOBLER USE IS DONE!”362

VII.HOW AT THE LAST THE WINE WAS NOT DRUNK371

VIII.WHAT WAS LEARNT AT VANNES381

IX.THE RUBIES OF MIRABEL387

X.THE LAST CONFLICT398

XI.GASTON GIVES UP THE YELLOW POPPY411

XII.FOR SOME THE WORLD IS EMPTY421

XIII.TO THE UTTERMOST432