HENRI, his brother, afterwards Henri III. MARY STUART, married to the Dauphin. MARY, Queen of England. DUC D'ORLÉANS, afterwards Charles IX. MARGUERITE DE FRANCE, sister of Henri II. MARGUERITE DE VALOIS, daughter of Henri II. PRINCESS ÉLISABETH. FRANÇOIS, Duc d'Alençon. DUC DE GUISE, Lieutenant-General of France. MONSEIGNEUR LE CARDINAL DE LORRAINE, his brother. DUC D'AUMALE, brother of Duc de Guise. MARQUIS D'ELBŒUF,} MARQUIS DE VAUDEMONT,} officers of Duc de Guise. MONSIEUR DE BIRON,} MONSIEUR DE THERMES,} CONSTABLE ANNE DE MONTMORENCY. FRANÇOIS DE MONTMORENCY, his son. ANTOINE DE NAVARRE. LOUIS DE BOURBON, Prince de Condé, his brother. BARON DE PARDAILLAN, an officer of the king's troops. DAVID, a Calvinistic minister. DES AVENELLES, advocate, a traitor to the Calvinists. BARON CASTELNAU DE CHALOSSES,} COMTE DE VILLEMANGIS,} condemned Calvinists. COMTE DE MAZÈRES,} BARON DE RAUNAY,} MONSIEUR DE BRAGUELONNE, Lieutenant of Police. MASTER ARPION, his secretary. LIGNIÈRES, an agent of police. ANTOINE DE MOUCHY, otherwise styled Démocharès, Doctor of the Sorbonne and Canon of Noyon, Grand Inquisitor of the Faith in France. JEAN PEUQUOY, syndic of the weavers of St. Quentin. PIERRE PEUQUOY, an armorer. BABETTE, Pierre Peuquoy's sister. LORD WENTWORTH, Governor of Calais. LORD GREY, his brother-in-law, commanding the English archers. LORD DERBY, an English officer. SIR EDWARD FLEMING, herald of England. ANSELME, a fisherman. ANDRÉ, a page. SISTER MONIQUE, Superior of the Benedictine convent at St. Quentin. HEINRICH SCHARFENSTEIN,} PILLETROUSE,} FRANTZ SCHARFENSTEIN,} MALEMORT,} officers and soldiers in Gabriel's service. LACTANCE,} YVONNET,} AMBROSIO,} LANDRY,} CHESNEL,} veterans of the war in Lorraine, entering the service of Vicomte d'Exmès. AUBRIOT,} CONTAMINE,} BALU,} ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAITS. Alexandre Dumas ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN AND ETCHED BY E. VAN MUYDEN. A King's Mistress Mary Stuart and Gabriel CONTENTS Chapter I. A Count's Son and a King's Daughter II. A Bride who plays with Dolls III. In Camp IV. A King's Mistress V. In the Apartments of the Royal Children VI. Diane de Castro VII. How the Constable said his Pater Noster VIII. A Fortunate Tourney IX. How One may pass close by his Destiny without Knowing it X. An Elegy during the Progress of a Comedy XI. Peace or War? XII. A Twofold Knave XIII. The Acme of Happiness XIV. Diane de Poitiers XV. Catherine de Médicis XVI. Lover or Brother? XVII. The Horoscope XVIII. The Last Resort of a Coquette XIX. How Henri II. began to enjoy his Inheritance during his Bather's Life XX. Of the Usefulness of Friends XXI. Wherein it is shown that Jealousy sometimes abolished titles even before the French Revolution