CONTENTS

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I.No. 101 1
II. One-Fourth of a Secret and Three-Fourths of a Mystery 12
III. A Fair Huntress and the Girl with the Spotted Cow 26
IV. A Lover’s Trick 39
V. The Presumption of a Beardless Chevalier 53
VI. The Wise Woman of “The Cock with the Spurs of Gold” 66
VII. The King’s Handkerchief 78
VIII. The Vivandière of Fontenoy 95
IX. At the Charcoal-Burner’s Cabin in the Woods 109
X. Fontenoy 121
XI. In the Salon de la Paix at Versailles 137
XII. A Royal Grisette 149
XIII. What the Vicomte de Nérac Saw in the Secret Passage 160
XIV. Two Pages in the Book of Life 171
XV. André is Thrice Surprised 182
XVI. The Fountain of Neptune 196
XVII. Denise’s Answer 207
XVIII. The heart of the Pompadour 220
XIX. The Flower Girl of “The Gallows and the Three Crows”     231
XX. At Home with a Cipher 244
XXI. The King’s Commission 253
XXII. On Secret Service 264
XXIII. The King Faints 274
XXIV. A Wished-for Miracle 285
XXV. The Fall of the Dice 297
XXVI. The Thief of the Secret Despatch 308
XXVII. The Chevalier Makes his Last Appearance 319
XXVIII. The Carrefour de St. Antoine No. 3 330
XXIX. André Fails to Decide 339
XXX. Denise Has to Decide for the Last Time 354
XXXI. Fortune’s Banter 366