Chapter I: Part I

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE ROAD TO FRANKFORT 1

II. VON LICHTENBERG 6

III. "I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE" 14

IV. ELOISE 18

V. I SEE MYSELF, NOT KNOWING 24

VI. LITTLE CARL 31

VII. THE MAN IN ARMOUR 37

VIII. THE HUNTING-SONG 41

IX. THE FAIRY TALE 46

X. THE DEATH OF VOGEL 57

XI. THE DUEL IN THE WOODS 60

XII. WE RETURN HOME 69

XIII. I FALL INTO DISGRACE 73

XIV. THE RUINED ONES 82

XV. THE PAVILION OF SALUCE 89

XVI. THE VICOMTE 96

PART II

XVII. A DÉJEÛNER AT THE CAFÉ DE PARIS 103

XVIII. MY FIRST NIGHT IN PARIS 113

XIX. MY FIRST NIGHT IN PARIS (_Continued_) 121

XX. WHEN IT IS MAY 133

XXI. "O YOUTH, WHAT A STAR THOU ART!" 138

XXII. A POLITICAL RECEPTION 144

XXIII. FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE 154

XXIV. LA PEROUSE 159

XXV. FRANZIUS MEETS ELOISE 165

XXVI. THE TURRET ROOM 173

XXVII. REMORSE 179

XXVIII. THE OLD COAT 185

XXIX. IN THE SUNK GARDEN 192

XXX. THE MARRIAGE OF ELOISE 197

PART III

XXXI. THE BALL 203

XXXII. TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM FATE 212

XXXIII. THE OVERTURE TO "UNDINE" 222

XXXIV. PREPARING FOR THE DUEL 231

XXXV. A LESSON WITH THE FOILS 238

XXXVI. THE DUEL 253

XXXVII. MARGARET 261

XXXVIII. THE DRUMS OF WAR 273

XXXIX. NIGHT 287

XL. THE SPIRIT OF EARTH 293

XLI. ENVOI 297

The Drums of War