Produced by David Edwards, Christine Aldridge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Stanford University, SUL Books in the Public Domain) Transcriber's Notes: 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Passages in Gothic Bold are surrounded by +plus+ signs. 3. Other transcription notes appear at the end of this e-text. [Illustration: "_He Took from the Bed a Large Plaid Shawl_" Etching by Adrian Marcel, after the drawing by Frank T. Merrill] +The Mysteries of Paris.+ _ILLUSTRATED WITH ETCHINGS BY MERCIER, BICKNELL, POITEAU, AND ADRIAN MARCEL._ _BY EUGENE SUE_ _IN SIX VOLUMES VOLUME II._ _PRINTED FOR FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO. BOSTON_ _EDITION DE LUXE._ _Limited to One Thousand Copies._ No.______ CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE BALL 11 II. THE RENDEZVOUS 36 III. AN IDYL 61 IV. THE AMBUSCADE 74 V. THE RECTORY-HOUSE 88 VI. THE RENCOUNTER 99 VII. AN EVENING AT THE FARM 105 VIII. THE DREAM 150 IX. THE LETTER 159 X. THE HOLLOW WAY 195 XI. CLÉMENCE D'HARVILLE 201 XII. MISERY 256 XIII. JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION 286 XIV. RIGOLETTE 310 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE "HE TOOK FROM THE BED A LARGE PLAID SHAWL" _Frontispiece_ "AT LENGTH ALIGHTED ON HER SHOULDER" 66 "'SO I HAVE BROUGHT TURK WITH ME'" 97 "'YOU MUST GIVE ME LEAVE'" 208 THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS. CHAPTER I. THE BALL.