In his agony, as fever consumed his ebbing life, this descendant of Henry of Navarre, so like that glorious ancestor, even in the manner of his death, murmured: "Forgive him, forgive him!" Lecazes, meanwhile, amazed at the swiftness with which the trunk had fallen, approached Louis Pierre, who was a prisoner in one of the lower apartments, and whispered, as he drew him aside: "Did you do this for money? Have you accomplices" The Carbonaro cast upon the Minister a look of scorn, saying: "Do men do these things for money? I am the avenger of my country and of Naundorff and his daughter. The race perishes. There will be no heir." "Fool," replied the Minister, gloating over that somber soul's discomfiture, "the Princess is promised an heir." Louis Pierre turned pale as the futility of the crime overwhelmed him. "No matter," said he. "I did the deed and I would repeat it a thousand times." Again he assumed the stoical air and supreme command of self which characterized him in such a high degree both during his trial and upon the scaffold. The whispered dialogue between Lecazes and the assassin was remarked by the other occupants in the apartment and became the basis of the charge of complicity brought against the Baron, and was the cause of his removal and fall. It was said of him that: "He slipped in the puddle of blood and fell." FINIS. CONTENTS EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN A GREAT GRANDSON OF LOUIS XVI Book I MARTIN, THE SEER Chapter I--THE LOVERS Chapter II--MEMORIES Chapter III--THE EMPTY COFFIN Chapter IV--AMÉLIE Chapter V--THE FIRST THREADS OF THE NET Chapter VI--THE BAILIFF Chapter VII--THE EPICUREAN Chapter VIII--THE SEER Book II--THE CASKET Chapter I--THE MINIATURE Chapter II--THE DAUPHIN'S SISTER Chapter III--THE EMPTY COFFIN Chapter IV--MARIE Chapter V--A COURTEOUS MAN Chapter VI--TORTURE Chapter VII--THE BLACK HOLE Chapter VIII--THE EXECUTION Chapter IX--THE ESCAPE Chapter X--PRUSSIA Chapter XI--NAUNDORFF Chapter XII--THE DAUPHIN'S WIFE Chapter XIII--THE INCENDIARY Book III THE KNIGHTS OF LIBERTY Chapter I--LYING IN WAIT Chapter II--THE TRAPPED FOX Chapter III--RENÉ WAITS Chapter IV--MINE AND COUNTERMINE Chapter V--THE CREAKING BOOTS Chapter VI--THE PARDON Chapter VII--THE REVELATION Chapter VIII--THE CAPTAIN Chapter IX--THE SCHOONER Book IV PICMORT Chapter I--THE CASTLE Chapter II--BAD NEWS Chapter III--GIACINTO'S RETURN Chapter IV--NIGHT Chapter V--THE CHILD Chapter VI--THE MARRIAGE Chapter VII--DEATH