Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE PRESENTATION

H. DE VERE STACPOOLE

_See page 96_]

_The
Presentation
by
H. de Vere Stacpoole_

FRONTISPIECE IN COLOUR
BY
EARL STETSON CRAWFORD

JOHN LANE COMPANY : : NEW YORK
MCMXIV

COPYRIGHT, 1914
BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1914
BY JOHN LANE COMPANY

CONTENTS

BOOK I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE DUC DE CHOISEUL’S BALL 9

II. THE HOUSE OF THE DUBARRYS 21

III. A COUNCIL OF WAR 37

IV. THE METHODS OF MONSIEUR DE SARTINES 54

V. FERMINARD 60

VI. THE COMTESSE DE BÉARN 75

VII. THE ARTIST 82

VIII. THE PRESENTATION 84

IX. THE REWARD 97

X. THE ORDER OF ARREST 100

XI. FLIGHT 106

XII. A DUEL OF WITS 110

BOOK II

I. A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT 115

II. THE GRATITUDE OF THE DUBARRYS 129

III. THE PAIR OF SPECTACLES 137

IV. THE ARREST OF ROCHEFORT 143

V. CAPTAIN ROUX 154

BOOK III

I. THE POISONING OF ATALANTA 171

II. MONSIEUR BROMMARD 178

III. CHOISEUL’S LETTER 191

IV. THE DECLARATION OF CAMUS 195

V. THE HOUSE OF COUNT CAMUS 201

VI. THE LABORATORY 210

VII. THE FAWN AND THE SERPENT 218

VIII. THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS 222

BOOK IV

I. NEWS FROM VINCENNES 227

II. THE TWO PRISONERS 233

III. THE TWO PRISONERS (_continued_) 242

IV. THE TWO PRISONERS (_continued_) 249

V. M. DE ROCHEFORT REVIEWS HIMSELF 254

VI. THE ESCAPE 259

VII. ROCHEFORT’S PLAN 265

VIII. THE HONOUR OF LAVENNE 275

IX. THE GATHERING STORM 287

X. THE DUC DE CHOISEUL’S RECEPTION 291

XI. ROCHEFORT AND CHOISEUL 301

XII. ENVOI 312