CONTENTS

CONTENTS

BOOK I.

THE KING’S WILL.

CHAPTER

II. A FORETASTE OF PEACE

III. THE ARRIVAL AT LEWES

IV. A COMMISSION

VI. RALPH’S INTERCESSION

VII. A MERRY PRISONER

VIII. A HIGHER STEP

IX. LIFE AT LEWES

XI. A CLOSING-IN

XII. A RECOVERY

XIII. PRISONER AND PRINCE

XIV. THE SACRED PURPLE

XV. THE KING’S FRIEND

BOOK II.

THE KING’S TRIUMPH.

PART I.—THE SMALLER HOUSES.

I. AN ACT OF FAITH

II. THE BEGINNING OF THE VISITATION

III. A HOUSE OF LADIES

IV. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

V. FATHER AND SON

VI. A NUN’S DEFIANCE

VII. ST. PANCRAS PRIORY

VIII. RALPH’S RETURN

IX. RALPH’S WELCOME

PART II—THE FALL OF LEWES.

I. INTERNAL DISSENSION

II. SACERDOS IN AETERNUM

III. THE NORTHERN RISING

IV. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SEAL

V. THE SINKING SHIP

VI. THE LAST STAND

VII. AXES AND HAMMERS

BOOK III.

THE KING’S GRATITUDE.

III. A PEACE-MAKER

IV. THE ELDER SON

VI. A CATASTROPHE

VII. A QUESTION OF LOYALTY

VIII. TO CHARING

IX. A RELIEF-PARTY

XI. THE KING’S HIGHNESS

XII. THE TIDINGS AT THE TOWER

XIII. THE RELEASE