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MARGUERITE DE VALOIS BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS....
NEW YORK, THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. MONSIEUR DE GUISE'S LATIN 1
II. THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE'S BEDCHAMBER. 13
III. THE POET-KING 25
IV. THE EVENING OF THE 24TH OF AUGUST, 1572 36
V. OF THE LOUVRE IN PARTICULAR, AND OF VIRTUE IN GENERAL 44
VI. THE DEBT PAID 53
VII. THE NIGHT OF THE 24TH OF AUGUST, 1572 64
VIII. THE MASSACRE 78
IX. THE MURDERERS 89
X. DEATH, MASS, OR THE BASTILLE 102
XI. THE HAWTHORN OF THE CEMETERY OF THE INNOCENTS 114
XII. MUTUAL CONFIDENCES 125
XIII. HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR 132
XIV. THE SECOND MARRIAGE NIGHT 142
XV. WHAT WOMAN WILLS, GOD WILLS 150
XVI. A DEAD ENEMY'S BODY ALWAYS SMELLS SWEET 164
XVII. MAITRE AMBROISE PARE'S CONFRERE 176
XVIII. THE GHOSTS 183
XIX. THE ABODE OF MAITRE RENE, PERFUMER TO THE QUEEN MOTHER 193
XX. THE BLACK HENS 204
XXI. MADAME DE SAUVE'S APARTMENT 210
XXII. "SIRE, YOU SHALL BE KING" 219
XXIII. A NEW CONVERT 224
XXIV. THE RUE TIZON AND THE RUE CLOCHE PERCEE 236
XXV. THE CHERRY-COLORED CLOAK 248
XXVI. MARGARITA 257
XXVII. THE HAND OF GOD 263
XXVIII. THE LETTER FROM ROME 268
XXIX. THE DEPARTURE 274
XXX. MAUREVEL 280
XXXI. THE HUNT 284
XXXII. FRATERNITY 293
XXXIII. THE GRATITUDE OF KING CHARLES IX 300
XXXIV. MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES 306
XXXV. A NIGHT OF KINGS 316
XXXVI. THE ANAGRAM 324
XXXVII. THE RETURN TO THE LOUVRE 329
XXXVIII. THE GIRDLE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER 340
XXXIX. PROJECTS OF REVENGE 348
XL. THE ATRIDES 362
XLI. THE HOROSCOPE 372
XLII. CONFIDENCES 379
XLIII. THE AMBASSADORS 389
XLIV. ORESTES AND PYLADES 395
XLV. ORTHON 404
XLVI. THE INN OF LA BELLE ETOILE 415
XLVII. DE MOUY DE SAINT PHALE 423
XLVIII. TWO HEADS FOR ONE CROWN 430
XLIX. THE TREATISE ON HUNTING 441
L. HAWKING 448
LI. THE PAVILION OF FRANCOIS I 456
LII. THE EXAMINATION 464
LIII. ACTEON 473
LIV. THE FOREST OF VINCENNES 479
LV. THE FIGURE OF WAX 486
LVI. THE INVISIBLE BUCKLERS 497
LVII. THE JUDGES 503
LVIII. THE TORTURE OF THE BOOT 512
LIX. THE CHAPEL 520
LX. THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GREVE 525
LXI. THE HEADSMAN'S TOWER 530
LXII. THE SWEAT OF BLOOD 538
LXIII. THE DONJON OF THE PRISON OF VINCENNES 542
LXIV. THE REGENCY 547
LXV. THE KING IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE KING! 551
LXVI. EPILOGUE 556
MARGUERITE DE VALOIS.