Chapters (47)
- CHAPTER I
- Flags and Pedigree
- CHAPTER II
- The Man with the Medals
- CHAPTER III
- At King’s Corner
- CHAPTER IV
- Betwixt and Between
- CHAPTER V
- The Villa Iris
- CHAPTER VI
- The Order
- CHAPTER VII
- The Pilgrimage
- CHAPTER VIII
- Henriette Explains
- CHAPTER IX
- Marguerite Lambert
- CHAPTER X
- Colonel Vanderfelt’s Letter
- CHAPTER XI
- A Dilemma
- CHAPTER XII
- The Little Door in the Angle
- CHAPTER XIII
- The Companions of the Night
- CHAPTER XIV
- The Tunic
- CHAPTER XV
- On the Roof Top
- CHAPTER XVI
- Marguerite’s Way Out
- CHAPTER XVII
- The Outcasts
- CHAPTER XVIII
- Captain Laguessière’s Report
- CHAPTER XIX
- In the Sacred City
- CHAPTER XX
- The Coup de Grâce
- CHAPTER XXI
- Two Outcasts
- CHAPTER XXII
- The Splendid Throw
- CHAPTER XXIII
- The Necessary Man
- TRANSCRIBER NOTES
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