Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS AVARICE [Illustration: "_Axe in hand._" Original etching by Adrian Marcel.] Illustrated Cabinet Edition Avarice--Anger Two of the Seven Cardinal Sins By Eugene Sue Illustrated with Etchings by Adrian Marcel Dana Estes & Company Publishers Boston _Copyright, 1899_ BY FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO. Avarice--Anger CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE AVARICE. I. AN UNFORTUNATE CHOICE 13 II. A TOUCHING EXAMPLE OF UNSELFISH DEVOTION 25 III. A SHAMEFUL DECEPTION 36 IV. THE VOICE OF THE TEMPTER 46 V. FATHER AND SON 57 VI. A FATHER'S AMBITION 65 VII. THE FORGED LETTER 72 VIII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY 78 IX. COMMANDANT DE LA MIRAUDIÈRE'S ANTECEDENTS 86 X. THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED 97 XI. HIDDEN TREASURE 106 XII. A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE 113 XIII. THE MISER EXTOLLED 118 XIV. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 122 XV. MADAME LACOMBE'S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER 126 XVI. A CAPRICIOUS BEAUTY 132 XVII. THE HÔTEL SAINT-RAMON 139 XVIII. A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT 146 XIX. A CHANGE OF OWNERS 152 XX. THE RETURN 159 XXI. THE AWAKENING 166 ANGER. I. THE DUEL 177 II. ANOTHER EBULLITION OF TEMPER 186 III. THE WARNING 194 IV. "THOSE WHOM THE GODS DESTROY THEY FIRST MAKE MAD" 199 V. DEADLY ENMITY 208 VI. A CUNNING SCHEME 217 VII. HOME PLEASURES 225 VIII. THE CAPTAIN'S NARRATIVE 234 IX. CONCLUSION OF THE CAPTAIN'S NARRATIVE 240 X. SEGOFFIN'S DISSIMULATION 248