BOOK I
Ash Wednesday Morning |
| CHAPTER |
| I | The Last Night of Carnival |
| II | Apollo Vindex |
| III | St. Apollinare in Classe |
| IV | Father Fabiano |
| V | "The Hours passed, and still she came not" |
| VI | Gigia's Opinion |
| VII | An Attorney-at-Law in the Papal States |
| VIII | Lost in the Forest |
| IX | "Passa la bella Donna e par che dorma" |
BOOK II
Four Months Before That Ash Wednesday Morning |
| CHAPTER |
| I | How the Good News came to Ravenna |
| II | The Marchese Lamberto di Castelmare |
| III | The Impresario's Report |
| IV | Paolina Foscarelli |
| V | Rivalry |
| VI | The Beginning of Trouble |
| VII | The Teaching of a Great Love |
| VIII | A Change in the Situation |
| IX | Uncle and Nephew |
| X | The Coutessa Violante |
| XI | The Cardinal's Reception, and the Marchese's Ball |
| XII | The Arrival of the "Diva" |
BOOK III
"Sirenum Pocula" |
| CHAPTER |
| I | "Diva Potens" |
| II | An Adopted Father and an Adopted Daughter |
| III | "Armed at All Points" |
| IV | Throwing the Line |
| V | After-thoughts |
| VI | At the Circolo |
| VII | Extremes Meet |
| VIII | The Diva shows her Cards |
| IX | One Struggle more |
BOOK IV
The Last Days of the Carnival |
| CHAPTER |
| I | In the Cardinal's Chapel |
| II | The Corso |
| III | "La Sonnambula" |
| IV | The Marchese Lamberto's Correspondence |
| V | Bianca at Home |
| VI | Paolina at Home |
| VII | Two Interviews |
| VIII | A Carnival Reception |
| IX | Paolina's Return to the City |
BOOK V
Who Did The Deed? |
| CHAPTER |
| I | At the City Gate |
| II | Suspicion |
| III | Guilty or Not Guilty? |
| IV | The Marchese hears the Ill News |
| V | Doubts and Possibilities |
| VI | At the Circolo again |
| VII | A Prison Visit |
| VIII | Signor Giovacchino Fortini at Home |
| IX | The Post-Mortem Examination |
| X | Public Opinion |
| XI | In Father Fabiano's Cell |
| XII | The Case against Paolina |
BOOK VI
Poena Pede Claudo |
| CHAPTER |
| I | Signor Fortini receives the Signora Steno in his Studio |
| II | Was it Paolina after all? |
| III | Could it have been the Aged Friar? |
| IV | What Ravenna thought of it |
| V | "Miserrimus" |
| VI | The Trial |
| VII | The Friar's Testimony |
| VIII | The Truth! |
| IX | Conclusion |
