XIX. I REVISIT THE HOLY CITY 217 XX. THE HOLY FATHER ORDAINS 227 XXI. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 241 XXII. THE FRIAR OF WITTENBERG ORDAINS 253 XXIII. I MEET ABBESS THECKLA 263 XXIV. I PLAY WITH FIRE 273 XXV. THE ROAD TO WORMS 284 XXVI. WE ENTER WORMS 292 BOOK III THE VICTORY XXVII. ’TWIXT GABRIEL AND LUCIFER 299 XXVIII. BEHOLD, HE PRAYETH 314 XXIX. THE WITNESS BEFORE CÆSAR 327 XXX. THE HAND OF FORLI 341 XXXI. THE OFFER OF CÆSAR 356 XXXII. I REFUSE CÆSAR 371 XXXIII. ILSA VICTRIX 388 XXXIV. THE DEED UNDER THE BEECHWOOD 406 XXXV. THE BRIDE OF WARTBURG 426 AFTERWORD 433 THE FRIAR OF WITTENBERG PROLOGUE AT THE COURT OF HIS HOLINESS CHAPTER I A ROOM IN THE VATICAN “Martin Luther--yes, the name of that fool of a German comes back to me.” “You were going to tell a story about him, Eminenza,” I remarked.