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Table of Contents

PART I THE GIRL

PETTICOAT RULE CHAPTER I A FAREWELL BANQUET

CHAPTER II THE RULERS OF FRANCE

CHAPTER III POMPADOUR'S CHOICE

CHAPTER IV A WOMAN'S SURRENDER

CHAPTER V THE FIRST TRICK

CHAPTER VI A FALSE POSITION

CHAPTER VII THE YOUNG PRETENDER

CHAPTER VIII THE LAST TRICK

CHAPTER IX THE WINNING HAND

PART II THE STATESMAN

CHAPTER X THE BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK

CHAPTER XI LA BELLE IRÈNE

CHAPTER XII THE PROMISES OF FRANCE

CHAPTER XIII THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE

CHAPTER XIV ROYAL FAVOURS

CHAPTER XV DIPLOMACY

CHAPTER XVI STRANGERS

PART III THE WOMAN

CHAPTER XVII SPLENDID ISOLATION

CHAPTER XVIII CLEVER TACTICS

CHAPTER XIX A CRISIS

CHAPTER XX A FAREWELL

CHAPTER XXI ROYAL THANKS

CHAPTER XXII PATERNAL ANXIETY

CHAPTER XXIII THE QUEEN'S SOIRÉE

CHAPTER XXIV GOSSIP

CHAPTER XXV THE FIRST DOUBT

CHAPTER XXVI THE AWFUL CERTITUDE

CHAPTER XXVII A FALL

CHAPTER XXVIII HUSBAND AND WIFE

CHAPTER XXIX THE FATE OF THE STUART PRINCE

CHAPTER XXX M. DE STAINVILLE'S SECONDS

CHAPTER XXXI THE FINAL DISAPPOINTMENT

CHAPTER XXXII THE DAWN

CHAPTER XXXIII THE RIDE

CHAPTER XXXIV "LE MONARQUE"

CHAPTER XXXV THE STRANGER

CHAPTER XXXVI REVENGE

CHAPTER XXXVII THE LETTER

CHAPTER XXXVIII THE HOME IN ENGLAND