Chapter I: Prologue: Chapter Page

I. THE MEETING IN THE FOREST 1

II. THE CASTLE BY THE SEA 3

III. FEVER AND CONVALESCENCE 30

IV. THE SEALED CHAMBER 45

V. THE RETURN OF THE "MASTER" 60

THE STORY

I. TWO YEARS AFTERWARDS 78

II. CZERNOVESE POLITICS 92

III. A MENACE FROM THE CZAR 110

IV. THE PRINCESS AND THE CARDINAL 122

V. ON THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER 136

VI. KATINA THE PATRIOT 149

VII. WHAT HAPPENED IN RUSSOGRAD 170

VIII. PAUL AND THE PRINCESS 186

IX. A DISPLAY OF SWORDSMANSHIP 200

X. THE DEED OF MICHAEL THE GUARDSMAN 215

XI. THE ENVOY OF THE CZAR 230

XII. THE POLISH CONSPIRACY 254

XIII. THE FATE OF THE APPROPRIATION
BILL 274

XIV. NEARING A CRISIS 300

XV. THE EVE OF THE CORONATION 326

XVI. THE CRIME THAT FAILED 343

XVII. THE BEGINNING OF THE CORONATION 361

XVIII. THE GREAT WHITE CZAR 377

XIX. THE CORONATION DUEL 395

XX. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL 410

THE SHADOW OF THE CZAR