XII. A ROYAL GRISETTE 149 XIII. WHAT THE VICOMTE DE NÉRAC SAW IN THE SECRET PASSAGE 160 XIV. TWO PAGES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE 171 XV. ANDRÉ IS THRICE SURPRISED 182 XVI. THE FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE 196 XVII. DENISE’S ANSWER 207 XVIII. THE HEART OF THE POMPADOUR 220 XIX. THE FLOWER GIRL OF “THE GALLOWS AND THE THREE CROWS” 231 XX. AT HOME WITH A CIPHER 244 XXI. THE KING’S COMMISSION 253 XXII. ON SECRET SERVICE 264 XXIII. THE KING FAINTS 274 XXIV. A WISHED-FOR MIRACLE 285 XXV. THE FALL OF THE DICE 297 XXVI. THE THIEF OF THE SECRET DESPATCH 308 XXVII. THE CHEVALIER MAKES HIS LAST APPEARANCE 319 XXVIII. THE CARREFOUR DE ST. ANTOINE NO. 3 330 XXIX. ANDRÉ FAILS TO DECIDE 339 XXX. DENISE HAS TO DECIDE FOR THE LAST TIME 354 XXXI. FORTUNE’S BANTER 366 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “THE VICOMTE HENCEFORTH CANNOT WITHOUT HARMING HIMSELF VISIT PUBLICLY A _BOURGEOISE_ GRISETTE” _Frontispiece_ STATHAM SAT PONDERING, HIS EYES RIVETED ON THE CROSSED DAGGERS 6 “IS THAT LETTER TO THE COMTESSE DES FORGES, ONE OF MY FRIENDS--MY FRIENDS, _MON DIEU!_--YOURS, OR IS IT NOT?” 48 “FAIR ARCHERESS,” HE SAID, “SURELY THE SHAFTS YOU LOOSE ARE MORTAL” 88 YES, THAT IS MONSEIGNEUR LE MARÉCHAL DE SAXE, CARRIED IN A WICKER LITTER, FOR HE CANNOT SIT HIS HORSE 124 MADAME DE POMPADOUR 188 THE CURTAIN WAS SHARPLY FLUNG ASIDE, AND HE SAW DENISE 204 YVONNE VERY MODESTLY DISENGAGED THE ARM WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME HE HAD SLIPPED ABOUT HER SUPPLE WAIST 234 YVONNE WITH A FINGER TO HER LIPS, HOLDING HER PETTICOATS OFF THE FLOOR, STOLE IN, AND BEHIND HER A STRANGER 268 THE CANDLE FELL FROM HER HAND. “GONE!” SHE MUTTERED FEEBLY, “GONE!” 320 “YVONNE, OF COURSE; YVONNE OF THE SPOTLESS ANKLES,” SHE LIFTED HER DRESS A FEW INCHES 350 NO. 101. NO. 101 CHAPTER I “NO. 101”