PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. A Philosopher and a Marchioness
CHAPTER II. Two Pagans Discuss Fish, Paris and the Higher Criticism
CHAPTER III. A Cousin in the Coils of the Great Serpent
CHAPTER IV. The Diversions of the Claghorns
CHAPTER V. How a Pagan Philosopher Entered the Service of the Church
CHAPTER VI. Art, Diplomacy, Love and Other Things
CHAPTER VII. A Conference of Spinsters Concerning a Runaway Damsel
CHAPTER VIII. A Maiden Fair, a Modern Early Father and a Theologian
CHAPTER IX. The Advantages of Treading the Borderland of Vice
CHAPTER X. A Youth of Promise, a Female Politician, and a Yellow Man
CHAPTER XI. The Devil Walks To and Fro in Hampton
CHAPTER XII. Her Eyes Grew Limpid and Her Cheeks Flushed Red
CHAPTER XIII. Whereat Cynics and Matrons May Smile Incredulous
CHAPTER XIV. In the White House—A Damsel or the Devil, Which?
CHAPTER XV. Sur le Pont d'Avignon on y Danse, on y Danse
CHAPTER XVI. Warblings in the White House and Snares for a Soul
CHAPTER XVII. The Secret of Her Heart Was Never Told by Her to Him
CHAPTER XVIII. A Lover Writes a Letter
CHAPTER XIX. A Kiss that Might Have Lingered on His Lips While Seeking Entrance at the Gate of Heaven
CHAPTER XX. A Dishonest Veiling of a Woman's Heart
CHAPTER XXI. A Man About to Meet a Maid
CHAPTER XXII. Man Walketh in a Vain Shadow
CHAPTER XXIII. A Parson Treads the Primrose Path in Paris
CHAPTER XXIV. To Him I will be Henceforth True in All Things
CHAPTER XXV. Mrs. Joe on Clerical Bumptiousness and Mrs. Fenton's Shoulders
CHAPTER XXVI. Introduces Dr. Stanley, Satan and the Prayer Meeting of Matrons
CHAPTER XXVII. The Music of the Chorus of the Anguish of the Damned
CHAPTER XXVIII. Cursing and Beating Her Breast, She Falls Upon the Grave
CHAPTER XXIX. Dr. Stanley Discourses Concerning the Diversions of the Saints
CHAPTER XXX. Startling Effect of Dr. Burley's True Meaning
CHAPTER XXXI. He Clasped Her Lithe Body with a Clutch of Fury
CHAPTER XXXII. A PÆan of Victory Hymned in Hell
CHAPTER XXXIII. A Delectable Discussion in Which a Shakesperian Matron is Routed
CHAPTER XXXIV. When Manhood is Lost Woman's Time is Come
CHAPTER XXXV. A Bottle of Champagne
CHAPTER XXXVI. She Cried Aloud She Was a Guilty Creature
CHAPTER XXXVII. A Golden Bridge for Passage Across an Abyss of Shame
CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Ruins of Her Air Castles Lay Around Her
CHAPTER XXXIX. Voidable Vows of Turks (and Others)
CHAPTER XL. Her Face Was the Mirror of Her Pleasant Dreams
CHAPTER XLI. Her Guilty Conscience Cried, "Behold Your Handiwork"
CHAPTER XLII. I Will Never Leave Him, So Help Me God!
CHAPTER XLIII. Money, Heaps of Money
CHAPTER XLIV. Wedding Bells