PART III

THE WOMAN

XVII.--SPLENDID ISOLATION 179 XVIII.--CLEVER TACTICS 185 XIX.--A CRISIS 201 XX.--A FAREWELL 212 XXI.--ROYAL THANKS 215 XXII.--PATERNAL ANXIETY 221 XXIII.--THE QUEEN'S SOIRÉE 228 XXIV.--GOSSIP 233 XXV.--THE FIRST DOUBT 238 XXVI.--THE AWFUL CERTITUDE 245 XXVII.--A FALL 267 XXVIII.--HUSBAND AND WIFE 276 XXIX.--THE FATE OF THE STUART PRINCE 294 XXX.--M. DE STAINVILLE'S SECONDS 308 XXXI.--THE FINAL DISAPPOINTMENT 321 XXXII.--THE DAWN 328 XXXIII.--THE RIDE 333 XXXIV.--"LE MONARQUE" 338 XXXV.--THE STRANGER 349 XXXVI.--REVENGE 359 XXXVII.--THE LETTER 370 XXXVIII.--THE HOME IN ENGLAND 375