*XIV* François escapes from Paris and goes in search of a father. He meets a man who has a wart on his nose, and who because of this is unlucky *XV* How François finds Despard and has a lesson in politics, and of what came of it *XVI* How François warns the Marquis de Ste. Luce, and of the battle on the staircase between the old day and the new *XVII* Of how François, escaping, lives in the wood; of how he sees the daughter of the marquis dying, and knows not then, or ever after, what it was that hurt him; of how he becomes homesick for Paris *XVIII* Wherein is told how François reënters Paris, and lodges with the Crab; and of how Toto is near to death by the guillotine. François meets Despard and the marquis, who warns him and is warned *XIX* Of the sorrowful life of loneliness, of François’s arrest, and of those he met in prison *XX* Of how François gave Amar advice, and of how the marquis bought his own head *XXI* How François, having made a bargain with Citizen Amar, cannot keep it with the man of the wart—How Despard dies in the place of the marquis—Of François’s escape from prison *XXII* Wherein is told how François baits a crab-trap with the man of the wart *XXIII* Of how François found lodgings where he paid no rent—Of the death of Toto—Of how his master, having no friends on the earth, finds them underground *XXIV* Of how François got into good society underground—Of what he saw, and of the value of a cat’s eyes—From darkness to light—Of how François made friends for life *EPILOGUE* Wherein is some further account of François and of those who helped him *LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS* The Nets were Hung over François’s Shoulders . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ François and Toto in the Luxembourg Pierre taught François to Juggle with Balls ’T is a Gargoyle Come Down from the Roof of St. Jacques He Paid in Advance the Customary Denier à Dieu And so a Dog is Sent to Fetch the Safeguard the People Provide He Staggered to Left, to Right, and at last Tumbled in a Heap He Held his Way along the Highroad The Wanderer Tapped on the Pane He Saw a White Face on the Pillow Quatre Pattes Death to Royal Rats! Amar Considered this Novel Specimen of Humanity He Pulled the Bell at No. 33 Bis "The Little Trap did Work," cried François, behind his Screen *THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOIS* FOUNDLING, THIEF, JUGGLER, AND FENCING-MASTER DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION *I*