BOOK V.

THE DESCENT.

I. PROGRESS IN BLACK-BEAD MAKING II. MADELEINE III. SUMS LODGED AT LAFITTE'S IV. M. MADELEINE GOES INTO MOURNING V. VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON VI. FATHER FAUCHELEVENT VII. FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER AT PARIS VIII. MADAME VICTURNIEN SPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY IX. SUCCESS OF MADAME VICTURNIEN X. RESULT OF HER SUCCESS XI. CHRISTUS NOS LIBERA VIT XII. M. BAMATABOIS' IDLENESS XIII. THE POLICE OFFICE