BOOK IV

THE YELLOW POPPY

I. FULFILMENT 315 II. THE YELLOW POPPY 324 III. THE COST OF ANSWERED PRAYER 331 IV. WAR . . . AND TREATIES 340 V. ALONE IN ARMS 353 VI. “SWORD, THY NOBLER USE IS DONE!” 362 VII. HOW AT THE LAST THE WINE WAS NOT DRUNK 371 VIII. WHAT WAS LEARNT AT VANNES 381 IX. THE RUBIES OF MIRABEL 387 X. THE LAST CONFLICT 398 XI. GASTON GIVES UP THE YELLOW POPPY 411 XII. FOR SOME THE WORLD IS EMPTY 421 XIII. TO THE UTTERMOST 432