PART TWO

XXVI CHÂTEAU VILLEBECQ 319

XXVII MARY THE SECOND 327

XXVIII LAYING-ON OF HANDS 336

XXIX HAPPY FAMILY 340

XXX CARDBOARD 356

XXXI WAY OF AN EAGLE IN THE AIR 362

XXXII PAREE! 370

XXXIII I BECOME AN HEIRESS 377

XXXIV I BECOME A DAUGHTER 381

XXXV WAY OF A SERPENT UPON A ROCK 386

XXXVI THE STRANGER WITHIN THE GATES 389

XXXVII WAY OF A SHIP IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA 393

XXXVIII DEATHBED 408

XXXIX END OF THREE VISIONS: THE STRANGER'S 412

XL END OF THREE VISIONS: NAPOLEON'S 420

XLI END OF THREE VISIONS: MINE 424

XLII TWIN DEATHBEDS 427

XLIII ONE LONG PRERCESSION O' DEATHBEDS 431

XLIV CHRISTMAS NIGHT 434

XLV WAY OF A MAN WITH A MAID 439