BOOK I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE DUC DE CHOISEUL’S BALL 9

II. THE HOUSE OF THE DUBARRYS 21

III. A COUNCIL OF WAR 37

IV. THE METHODS OF MONSIEUR DE SARTINES 54

V. FERMINARD 60

VI. THE COMTESSE DE BÉARN 75

VII. THE ARTIST 82

VIII. THE PRESENTATION 84

IX. THE REWARD 97

X. THE ORDER OF ARREST 100

XI. FLIGHT 106

XII. A DUEL OF WITS 110