XVIII TO THE BASTILLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
XIX TO THE HOTEL DE LORRAINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
XX "ON GUARD, MONSIEUR" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
XXI A CHANCE ENCOUNTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
XXII THE SIGNET OF THE KING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
XXIII THE CHEVALIER OF THE TOURNELLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
XXIV THE FLORENTINES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
XXV A DOUBLE MASQUERADE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
XXVI WITHIN THE SPIDER'S WEB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
XXVII THE COUNTERSIGN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
XXVIII ST. DENIS--AND NAVARRE!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
XXIX THE TWO DUKES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
XXX MY YOUNG LORD SETTLES SCORES WITH TWO FOES AT ONCE . . . . 440
XXXI "THE VERY PATTERN OF A KING" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
THE FLORENTINES IN THE HOTEL DE MAYENNE. . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
"WITH A CRY MONSIEUR SPRANG TOWARD ME" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
"IN A FLASH HE WAS OUT OF THEIR GRASP, FLYING DOWN THE ALLEY". . . 117
"I DO NOT FORGIVE HIS DESPATCHING ME HIS HORSE-BOY". . . . . . . . 149
MLLE. DE MONTLUC AND FELIX BROUX IN THE ORATORY. . . . . . . . . . 169
"SORRY TO DISTURB MONSIEUR, BUT THE HORSES MUST BE FED". . . . . . 205
"HE WAS DEPOSITED IN THE BIG BLACK COACH". . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
"WE CLIMBED OUT INTO A SILK-MERCER'S SHOP" . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
AT THE "BONNE FEMME" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
"IT DESOLATES ME TO HEAR OF HER EXTREMITY" . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
ON THE WAY TO ST. DENIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
THE MEETING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

THE HELMET OF NAVARRE

THE HELMET OF NAVARRE.

[Illustration]

I

_A flash of lightning._

At the stair-foot the landlord stopped me. "Here, lad, take a candle.
The stairs are dark, and, since I like your looks, I would not have you
break your neck."

"And give the house a bad name," I said.

"No fear of that; my house has a good name. There is no fairer inn in
all Paris. And your chamber is a good chamber, though you will have
larger, doubtless, when you are Minister of Fina