Chapter I: Front Matter

MARGUERITE DE
VALOIS BY ALEXANDRE
DUMAS....

NEW YORK, THOMAS Y.
CROWELL & COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1900,
BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MONSIEUR DE GUISE'S LATIN 1

II. THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE'S BEDCHAMBER. 13

III. THE POET-KING 25

IV. THE EVENING OF THE 24TH OF AUGUST, 1572 36

V. OF THE LOUVRE IN PARTICULAR, AND OF VIRTUE IN GENERAL 44

VI. THE DEBT PAID 53

VII. THE NIGHT OF THE 24TH OF AUGUST, 1572 64

VIII. THE MASSACRE 78

IX. THE MURDERERS 89

X. DEATH, MASS, OR THE BASTILLE 102

XI. THE HAWTHORN OF THE CEMETERY OF THE INNOCENTS 114

XII. MUTUAL CONFIDENCES 125

XIII. HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR 132

XIV. THE SECOND MARRIAGE NIGHT 142

XV. WHAT WOMAN WILLS, GOD WILLS 150

XVI. A DEAD ENEMY'S BODY ALWAYS SMELLS SWEET 164

XVII. MAÎTRE AMBROISE PARÉ'S CONFRÈRE 176

XVIII. THE GHOSTS 183

XIX. THE ABODE OF MAÎTRE RÉNÉ, PERFUMER TO THE QUEEN MOTHER 193

XX. THE BLACK HENS 204

XXI. MADAME DE SAUVE'S APARTMENT 210

XXII. "SIRE, YOU SHALL BE KING" 219

XXIII. A NEW CONVERT 224

XXIV. THE RUE TIZON AND THE RUE CLOCHE PERCÉE 236

XXV. THE CHERRY-COLORED CLOAK 248

XXVI. MARGARITA 257

XXVII. THE HAND OF GOD 263

XXVIII. THE LETTER FROM ROME 268

XXIX. THE DEPARTURE 274

XXX. MAUREVEL 280

XXXI. THE HUNT 284

XXXII. FRATERNITY 293

XXXIII. THE GRATITUDE OF KING CHARLES IX 300

XXXIV. MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES 306

XXXV. A NIGHT OF KINGS 316

XXXVI. THE ANAGRAM 324

XXXVII. THE RETURN TO THE LOUVRE 329

XXXVIII. THE GIRDLE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER 340

XXXIX. PROJECTS OF REVENGE 348

XL. THE ATRIDES 362

XLI. THE HOROSCOPE 372

XLII. CONFIDENCES 379

XLIII. THE AMBASSADORS 389

XLIV. ORESTES AND PYLADES 395

XLV. ORTHON 404

XLVI. THE INN OF LA BELLE ÉTOILE 415

XLVII. DE MOUY DE SAINT PHALE 423

XLVIII. TWO HEADS FOR ONE CROWN 430

XLIX. THE TREATISE ON HUNTING 441

L. HAWKING 448

LI. THE PAVILION OF FRANÇOIS I 456

LII. THE EXAMINATION 464

LIII. ACTÉON 473

LIV. THE FOREST OF VINCENNES 479

LV. THE FIGURE OF WAX 486

LVI. THE INVISIBLE BUCKLERS 497

LVII. THE JUDGES 503

LVIII. THE TORTURE OF THE BOOT 512

LIX. THE CHAPEL 520

LX. THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GRÈVE 525

LXI. THE HEADSMAN'S TOWER 530

LXII. THE SWEAT OF BLOOD 538

LXIII. THE DONJON OF THE PRISON OF VINCENNES 542

LXIV. THE REGENCY 547

LXV. THE KING IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE KING! 551

LXVI. EPILOGUE 556

MARGUERITE DE VALOIS.