Chapter Page I.— THE COUNTESS AND THE DOCTOR 23 II.— THE LADY IN THE PARK 28 III.— THE EGYPTIAN SCARABEE 34 IV.— KING LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH 38 V.— THE DWARF AND THE DAUPHINESS 41 VI.— HOUSEHOLD FAMINE 45 VII.— THE PRISONER OF THE BASTILLE 53 VIII.— AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR 60 IX.— COUNT DE MIRABEAU AND MONSIEUR JACQUES 62 X.— MONSIEUR JACQUES IS INTRUSTED WITH A DELICATE MISSION 67 XI.— THE MARKET WOMAN 71 XII.— EARLY IN THE MORNING 74 XIII.— THEY THREE BREAKFAST TOGETHER 79 XIV.— MARGUERITE FINDS HER PATH OF DUTY AMONG THE FLOWERS 84 XV.— IN THE DUNGEONS OF THE BASTILLE 92 XVI.— THE KING’S work-shop 100 XVII.— THE KING AND THE WORKMAN 105 XVIII.— THE LANDLADY AND THE WHITE HENS 113 XIX.— THE SWISS COTTAGE 118 XX.— ROYAL MILKMAIDS 122 XXI.— DAME TILLERY TEACHES THE COURT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT 128 XXII.— THE QUEEN’S PERIL 132 XXIII.— COUNT MIRABEAU AND HIS FATHER 137 XXIV.— THE OLD NOBLEMAN MAKES CONCESSIONS 142 XXV.— THE LINK WHICH CONNECTED MIRABEAU WITH THE COURT 146 XXVI.— THE LANDLADY OF THE SWAN PLUMES HERSELF 153 XXVII.— DAME TILLERY PIQUED 157 XXVIII.— UNWELCOME GUESTS 162 XXIX.— THE QUEEN AND HER LADIES 166 XXX.— TRUE WOMANLY POWER 171 XXXI.— THE JOY OF A GREAT SURPRISE 175 XXXII.— MONSIEUR JACQUES PLEADS BEFORE ROYALTY 178 XXXIII.— ZAMARA BRINGS BAD NEWS FOR HIS MISTRESS 182 XXXIV.— MADAME’S CRIME COMES HOME TO TORTURE HER 186 XXXV.— DAME TILLERY DINES WITH THE COUNTESS DUBERRY 190 XXXVI.— THE DISGUISED COUNTESS 194 XXXVII.— JOYFUL NEWS 199 XXXVIII.— MIRABEAU AND HIS FOSTER BROTHER IN COUNCIL 203 XXXIX.— A VISITOR AFTER DARK 207 XL.— THE GOVERNOR AND THE PAGE 211 XLI.— THE COUNTESS AND HER VICTIM MEET 216