Chapter I: Part III: The Woman

XVII.--SPLENDID ISOLATION 179
XVIII.--CLEVER TACTICS 185
XIX.--A CRISIS 201
XX.--A FAREWELL 212
XXI.--ROYAL THANKS 215
XXII.--PATERNAL ANXIETY 221
XXIII.--THE QUEEN'S SOIRÉE 228
XXIV.--GOSSIP 233
XXV.--THE FIRST DOUBT 238
XXVI.--THE AWFUL CERTITUDE 245
XXVII.--A FALL 267
XXVIII.--HUSBAND AND WIFE 276
XXIX.--THE FATE OF THE STUART PRINCE 294
XXX.--M. DE STAINVILLE'S SECONDS 308
XXXI.--THE FINAL DISAPPOINTMENT 321
XXXII.--THE DAWN 328
XXXIII.--THE RIDE 333
XXXIV.--"LE MONARQUE" 338
XXXV.--THE STRANGER 349
XXXVI.--REVENGE 359
XXXVII.--THE LETTER 370
XXXVIII.--THE HOME IN ENGLAND 375