THE CHEVALIER
By Charles Lever With A Frontispiece By A. D. M'Cormick London
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
BOOK THE FIRST
CHAPTER I. THE THIEVES' CORNER
CHAPTER II. THE LEVEE
CHAPTER III. THE ALTIERI PALACE
CHAPTER IV. THE PRINCE'S CHAMBER
CHAPTER V. AFTER DARK
CHAPTER VI. THE INTERVIEW
CHAPTER VII. THE VILLA AT ORVIETO
CHAPTER VIII. THE TANA IN THE MAREMMA
CHAPTER IX. THE 'COUR' OF THE ALTIERI
CHAPTER X. GABRIEL DE
CHAPTER XI. LAST DAYS AT THE TANA
CHAPTER XII. A FOREST SCENE
CHAPTER XIII. A CONTRACT
CHAPTER XIV. THE ACCIDENTS OF 'ARTIST' LIFE
CHAPTER XV. A TUSCAN POLICE COURT
CHAPTER XVI. THE POET'S HOUSE
CHAPTER XVII. A LOVER'S QUARREL
CHAPTER XVIII. THE DROP
CHAPTER XIX. THE PLAN
BOOK THE SECOND
CHAPTER I. THE 'SALLE DES GARDES'
CHAPTER II. A NIGHT ON DUTY
CHAPTER III. THE MISSION
CHAPTER IV. A SALON UNDER THE MONARCHY
CHAPTER V. A SUDDEN REVERSE
CHAPTER VI. A WANDERER
BOOK THE THIRD
CHAPTER I. A CARDINAL'S CHAMBER
CHAPTER II. A DEATH-BED
CHAPTER III. 'LA GABRIELLE'
CHAPTER IV. SOME OF TIME'S CHANGES
CHAPTER V. A RECEPTION AT MADAME ROLAND'S
CHAPTER VI. 'LA GRUE'
CHAPTER VII. A SUPPER WITH THE 'FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE'
CHAPTER VIII. THE DEPOT DE LA PREFECTURE
CHAPTER IX. THE PERE MASSONI IN HIS CELL
CHAPTER X. THE CARDINAL AT HIS DEVOTIONS
CHAPTER XI. AN AUDIENCE
CHAPTER XII. A JESUIT'S STROKE OF POLICY
CHAPTER XIII. THE PERE MASSONI'S MISGIVINGS
CHAPTER XIV. THE EGYPTIAN
CHAPTER XV. THE PERE AND THE PRINCESS
CHAPTER XVI. INTRIGUE
CHAPTER XVII. THE GARDEN AT ORVIETO
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE TIME PASSED AT ORVIETO
CHAPTER XIX. TWO VISITORS
CHAPTER XX. A WAYWORN ADVENTURER
CHAPTER XXI. A FOREST RIDE
CHAPTER XXII. 'IL PASTORE'
CHAPTER XXIII. THE END
APPENDIX
NOTE I
NOTE II