Contents

AN INTRODUCTORY WORD TO THE READER
PROLOGUE-THE CITY OF AVIGNON
1 A TABLE D’HÔTE
2 AN ITALIAN PROVERB
3 THE ENGLISHMAN
4 THE DUEL
5 ROLAND
6 MORGAN
7 THE CHARTREUSE OF SEILLON
8 HOW THE MONEY OF THE DIRECTORY WAS USED
9 ROMEO AND JULIET
10 THE FAMILY OF ROLAND
11 CHÂTEAU DES NOIRES-FONTAINES
12 PROVINCIAL PLEASURES
13 THE WILD-BOAR
14 AN UNPLEASANT COMMISSION
15 THE STRONG-MINDED MAN
16 THE GHOST
17 INVESTIGATIONS
18 THE TRIAL
19 THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE RUE DE LA VICTOIRE
20 THE GUESTS OF GENERAL BONAPARTE
21 THE SCHEDULE OF THE DIRECTORY
22 THE OUTLINE OF A DECREE
23 ALEA JACTA EST
24 THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE
25 AN IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION
26 THE BALL OF THE VICTIMS
27 THE BEAR’S SKIN
28 FAMILY MATTERS
29 THE GENEVA DILIGENCE
30 CITIZEN FOUCHÉ’S REPORT
31 THE SON OF THE MILLER OF LEGUERNO
32 WHITE AND BLUE
33 THE LAW OF RETALIATION
34 THE DIPLOMACY OF GEORGES CADOUDAL
35 A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE
36 SCULPTURE AND PAINTING
37 THE AMBASSADOR
38 THE TWO SIGNALS
39 THE GROTTO OF CEYZERIAT
40 A FALSE SCENT
41 THE HÔTEL DE LA POSTE
42 THE CHAMBÉRY MAIL-COACH
43 LORD GRENVILLE’S REPLY
44 CHANGE OF RESIDENCE
45 THE FOLLOWER OF TRAILS
46 AN INSPIRATION
47 A RECONNOISSANCE
48 IN WHICH MORGAN’S PRESENTIMENTS ARE VERIFIED
49 ROLAND’S REVENGE
50 CADOUDAL AT THE TUILERIES
51 THE ARMY OF THE RESERVES
52 THE TRIAL
53 IN WHICH AMÉLIE KEEPS HER WORD
54 THE CONFESSION
55 INVULNERABLE
56 CONCLUSION