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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.