Chapter THE TENTH: Wherein Twenty Thousand Dollars Appears upon the Scene

CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH

_How a District Attorney Receives an Insult, and Monsieur de
Moulin Tweaks the Nose of an American_

CHAPTER THE TWELFTH

_In Which Is Related an Account of the Duel at Slaughterhouse
Point, and How Virginia Flirts with Profit_

CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH

_Wherein Mr. Livingston Receives an Invitation, and Mr. Grymes
Pays a Social Call on a Pirate_

_Book Two_

CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH

_How Virginia Comes to Bordeaux Manor, and One Manuel Espinosa
Takes What He Wants_

CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH

_In Which Virginia Hears the Toast of “Vive Le Bosse!”_

CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH

_Wherein Is Encountered a Man—a Maid—and a Moon_

CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH

_How De Moulin Comes to Flirt at the Quadroon Ball, but Remains
to Fight_

CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH

_In Which Jean Lafitte Is Sorely Tempted, and, Incidentally,
Sees a Vision_

CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH

_Wherein Laurent Mercier Beards the Lion, and His Excellency
Calls a Council_

CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH

_How a Friend Arrives at Grande Terre, Who Proves to Be an
Enemy_

CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST

_In Which “The Hellish Bandit” Makes an Offer, and “Old
Hickory” Makes an Answer_

CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND

_Wherein the Pirate-Patriots Attain Glory, and Two of Their
Number Seek Death_

CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD

_How One Lafitte Repeats a Prayer, and Another Enters the
Valley of the Shadow_

CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FOURTH

_In Which Our Pirate Walks into a Trap, and Hauls Down His
Colors_