IX. The Last Ride, 85 BOOK II. I. After the King's Death, 111 II. "Le Roi est Mort! Vive le Roi!" 120 III. The Favorites, 129 IV. The Maid of Honor, 138 V. Figaro, 143 VI. The Alliance, 157 VII. The Conditions, 173 VIII. New Love, 180 IX. The Decision, 189 X. The Invocation, 198 XI. The Will, 214 XII. Leuchsenring, 226 BOOK III. I. Schiller in Dresden, 236 II. Gilded Poverty, 245 III. Marie von Arnim, 252 IV. Souls in Purgatory, 268 V. Separation, 283 VI. The Song "To Joy," 293 VII. Together once more, 299 VIII. Goethe and Moritz, 314 IX. Leonora, 326 X. A Dream of Love, 340 XI. Adieu to Italy, 355 BOOK IV. I. The Return, 360 II. Reconciliation, 377 III. Grim Death, 385 IV. Goethe's Return from Rome, 394 V. Estrangement, 404 VI. The Two Poets, 421 VII. The First Meeting, 431 VIII. Wilhelmine Rietz, 443 IX. Husband and Wife, 450 X. The Attack, 460 XI. Youth Victorious, 470 XII. Schiller's Marriage, 482 ILLUSTRATIONS. FACING PAGE Schiller in his Attic _Frontispiece_