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- PALACES AND PRISONS.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. THE COUNTESS AND THE DOCTOR.
- CHAPTER II. THE LADY IN THE PARK.
- CHAPTER III. THE EGYPTIAN SCARABEE.
- CHAPTER IV. KING LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH.
- CHAPTER V. THE DWARF AND THE DAUPHINESS.
- CHAPTER VI. HOUSEHOLD FAMINE.
- CHAPTER VII. THE PRISONER OF THE BASTILLE.
- CHAPTER VIII. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
- CHAPTER IX. COUNT DE MIRABEAU AND MONSIEUR JACQUES.
- CHAPTER X. MONSIEUR JACQUES IS INTRUSTED WITH A DELICATE MISSION.
- CHAPTER XI. THE MARKET WOMAN.
- CHAPTER XII. EARLY IN THE MORNING.
- CHAPTER XIII. THEY THREE BREAKFAST TOGETHER.
- CHAPTER XIV. MARGUERITE FINDS HER PATH OF DUTY AMONG THE FLOWERS.
- CHAPTER XV. IN THE DUNGEONS OF THE BASTILLE.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE KING’S work-shop.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE KING AND THE WORKMAN.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE LANDLADY AND THE WHITE HENS.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE SWISS COTTAGE.
- CHAPTER XX. ROYAL MILKMAIDS.
- CHAPTER XXI. DAME TILLERY TEACHES THE COURT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE QUEEN’S PERIL.
- CHAPTER XXIII. COUNT MIRABEAU AND HIS FATHER.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE OLD NOBLEMAN MAKES CONCESSIONS.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE LINK WHICH CONNECTED MIRABEAU WITH THE COURT.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE LANDLADY OF THE SWAN PLUMES HERSELF.
- CHAPTER XXVII. DAME TILLERY PIQUED.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. UNWELCOME GUESTS.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE QUEEN AND HER LADIES
- CHAPTER XXX. TRUE WOMANLY POWER.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE JOY OF A GREAT SURPRISE.
- CHAPTER XXXII. MONSIEUR JACQUES PLEADS BEFORE ROYALTY.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. ZAMARA BRINGS BAD NEWS FOR HIS MISTRESS.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. MADAME’S CRIME COMES HOME TO TORTURE HER.
- CHAPTER XXXV. DAME TILLERY DINES WITH THE COUNTESS DU BERRY.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DISGUISED COUNTESS.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. JOYFUL NEWS.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. MIRABEAU AND HIS FOSTER BROTHER IN COUNCIL.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. A VISITOR AFTER DARK.
- CHAPTER XL. THE GOVERNOR AND THE PAGE.
- CHAPTER XLI. THE COUNTESS AND HER VICTIM MEET.
- CHAPTER XLII. THE PAGE TRANSFORMED.
- CHAPTER XLIII. THE LAST ROULEAU OF GOLD.
- CHAPTER XLIV. DAME TILLERY OBTAINS AN AUDIENCE IN THE PARK
- CHAPTER XLV. ONE VIRTUE LEFT.
- CHAPTER XLVI. WAITING FOR THE MORNING.
- CHAPTER XLVII. DEAD SEA FRUIT.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH.
- CHAPTER XLIX. A WOMAN’S NATURE TRANSFORMED.
- CHAPTER L. THE DAME OF THE DAIRY.
- CHAPTER LI. EFFORTS AT ATONEMENT.
- CHAPTER LII. MONSIEUR JACQUES TURNS BLACKSMITH AGAIN.
- CHAPTER LIII. LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS.
- CHAPTER LIV. A DETERMINED BENEFACTOR.
- CHAPTER LV. GENEROSITY AND DIPLOMACY.
- CHAPTER LVI. THE ENERGY OF MADNESS.
- CHAPTER LVII. UNSEXED WOMANHOOD.
- CHAPTER LVIII. THE FIRST ROLL OF THUNDER.
- CHAPTER LIX. THE FIRST DRAW-BRIDGE.
- CHAPTER LX. THE PRISONERS FREE.
- CHAPTER LXI. THEY THREE MEET AGAIN.
- CHAPTER LXII. THE PRISONER AT HOME.
- CHAPTER LXIII. SEARCHING FOR THE SERPENT RING.
- CHAPTER LXIV. DOWN IN THE LEAFY SHADOWS.
- CHAPTER LXV. THE PRISONER AND THE KING.
- CHAPTER LXVI. ON TO VERSAILLES.
- CHAPTER LXVII. LOUISON BRISOT IN THE RUINS.
- CHAPTER LXVIII. MARGUERITE COMFORTS HER FATHER.
- CHAPTER LXIX. QUEENLY STRUGGLES.
- CHAPTER LXX. ENEMIES RECONCILED.
- CHAPTER LXXI. MIND SWAYING MIND.
- CHAPTER LXXII. SPYING AND WATCHING.
- CHAPTER LXXIII. FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
- CHAPTER LXXIV. LOVE.
- CHAPTER LXXV. CRAFT MEETING TREACHERY.
- CHAPTER LXXVI. CRIMINATION AND INDIFFERENCE.
- CHAPTER LXXVII. AMONG THE FLOWERS.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII. THE MARKET WOMAN.
- CHAPTER LXXIX. THE WOMEN OF FRANCE.
- CHAPTER LXXX. TAKING AN OBSERVATION.
- CHAPTER LXXXI. THE MIDNIGHT REVEL.
- CHAPTER LXXXII. THROWING OFF DISGUISES.
- CHAPTER LXXXIII. THE DOUBLE SPY.
- CHAPTER LXXXIV. LOUISON AND MARGUERITE.
- CHAPTER LXXXV. MIRABEAU BUYS FLOWERS.
- CHAPTER LXXXVI. ANOTHER CUSTOMER.
- CHAPTER LXXXVII. THE SEALED LETTER.
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII. DAME TILLERY PROCLAIMS HER HEIRESS.
- CHAPTER LXXXIX. MARGUERITE SEEKS THE QUEEN.
- CHAPTER XC. A BITTER HUMILIATION ACCEPTED.
- CHAPTER XCI. THE BAFFLED SPY.
- CHAPTER XCII. THE VIPER TURNS.
- CHAPTER XCIII. THE QUEEN’S LETTER.
- CHAPTER XCIV. LOUISON BRISOT VISITS ROBESPIERRE.
- CHAPTER XCV. THE FRAUD OF FASCINATION.
- CHAPTER XCV. ZAMARA IS MASTER OF THE SITUATION.
- CHAPTER XCVII. BAFFLED AND DEFEATED.
- CHAPTER XCVIII. A THANKLESS LOVER AND HOSTS OF ENEMIES.
- CHAPTER XCIX. FETE IN THE CHAMP DE MARS.
- CHAPTER C. THE QUEEN GIVES UP HER RING.
- CHAPTER CI. ZAMARA IS TEMPTED TO EARN MORE GOLD.
- CHAPTER CII. A LOVERS’ QUARREL.
- CHAPTER CIII. PERFECT RECONCILIATION.
- CHAPTER CIV. A THEFT AND AN INSULT.
- CHAPTER CV. THE SECRET OF THE RING.
- CHAPTER CVI. THE OLD MAN FALLS ASLEEP.
- CHAPTER CVII. THE SCARABEE DOES ITS DEADLY WORK.
- CHAPTER CVIII. THE STORMING OF THE TUILERIES.
- CHAPTER CIX. THE PRISONS.
- CHAPTER CX. BOUGHT BY BLOOD.
- CHAPTER CXI. THE GODDESS OF REASON.
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