BOOK II

I. ON THE BROAD HIGHWAY 25 II. THE MAN WITH THE COCKED HAT 41 III. A STRANGE REVELATION 51 IV. SEARCHING THE FILES 61 V. THE STORY OF THE PAST 75 VI. THE STAR OF EMPIRE 85 VII. THE POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK 93 VIII. MR. KEARNS HAS A PREMONITION 103 IX. A MYSTERY OF THE PALACE 111 X. THE GREAT COURT BALL 123 XI. IN THE GARDENS OF THE KING 133 XII. A NIGHT ALARM 143 XIII. HOW CAME THIS TO PASS 153 XIV. THE COUNTERPLOT 157 XV. THE EAVESDROPPER OF THE QUEEN’S WALK 171 XVI. THE TAP OF MILADI’S FAN 183 XVII. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK 197