XVIII. RETRIBUTION 368 XIX. TWOFOLD REVENGE 381 XX. THE PUBLIC WORKS 390 XXI. THE PRISON 396 XXII. THE VIATICUM 403 XXIII. THE FIGHT 419 XXIV. THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER 431 XXV. THE RESCUE 437 XXVI. THE REVIVAL 448 XXVII. THE SECOND CROWN 457 XXVIII. THE CRITICAL DAY: ITS FIRST PART 464 XXIX. THE SAME DAY: ITS SECOND PART 473 XXX. THE SAME DAY: ITS THIRD PART 491 XXXI. DIONYSIUS, PRIEST AND PHYSICIAN 507 XXXII. THE SACRIFICE ACCEPTED 513 XXXIII. MIRIAM’S HISTORY 523 XXXIV. BRIGHT DEATH 532 PART III Victory. I. THE STRANGER FROM THE EAST 549 II. THE STRANGER IN ROME 558 III. AND LAST 564 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. CHROMOLITHOGRAPH OF ST. AGNES, VIRGIN AND MARTYR. FRONTISPIECE. FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY YAN DARGENT. PAGE ORDINATION, IN THE EARLY AGES OF THE CHURCH 33 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE, IN THE EARLY AGES OF THE CHURCH 125 THE BLESSED EUCHARIST, IN THE EARLY AGES OF THE CHURCH 337 CONFIRMATION, IN THE EARLY AGES OF THE CHURCH 343 BAPTISM, IN THE EARLY AGES OF THE CHURCH 539 ADMINISTERING THE SACRAMENT OF EXTREME UNCTION, IN THE EARLY AGES OF THE CHURCH 545 A MARRIAGE, IN THE EARLY AGES OF THE CHURCH 553 FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY JOSEPH BLANC. “WITH TREMBLING HANDS SHE DREW FROM HER NECK THE GOLDEN CHAIN” 39 “FABIOLA GRASPED THE STYLE IN HER RIGHT HAND, AND MADE AN ALMOST BLIND THRUST AT THE UNFLINCHING HANDMAID” 51 “HE WHO WATCHED WITH BEAMING EYE THE ALMS-COFFERS OF JERUSALEM, AND NOTED THE WIDOW’S MITE, ALONE SAW DROPPED INTO THE CHEST, BY THE BANDAGED ARM OF A FOREIGN FEMALE SLAVE, A VALUABLE EMERALD RING” 55