TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY GEORGE D. COX.

PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET.

CLAUDE'S CONFESSION.

DEDICATION

TO MY FRIENDS, P. CÉZANNE AND J. B. BAILLE.

CONTENTS

CLAUDE'S CONFESSION.

CHAPTER I A MANSARDE IN THE LATIN QUARTER

CHAPTER II A POET'S LONGINGS

CHAPTER III THE YOUNG HARVEST-GIRL

CHAPTER IV TEMPTATION

CHAPTER V PAQUERETTE

CHAPTER VI DESPAIR

CHAPTER VII LAURENCE

CHAPTER VIII A MISSION FROM ON HIGH

CHAPTER IX THE COURSE OF REFORMATION

CHAPTER X THE EMBROIDERY STRIP

CHAPTER XI ON THE WAY TO THE BALL

CHAPTER XII THE PUBLIC BALL

CHAPTER XIII AN ACCEPTANCE OF REALITY

CHAPTER XIV JACQUES AND MARIE

CHAPTER XV BITING POVERTY

CHAPTER XVI REMINISCENCES

CHAPTER XVII CLAUDE'S LOVE

CHAPTER XVIII JACQUES' SUPPER

CHAPTER XIX A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY

CHAPTER XX A BITTER AVOWAL

CHAPTER XXI A HORRIBLE PROPOSITION

CHAPTER XXII THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL

CHAPTER XXIII PRACTICAL ADVICE

CHAPTER XXIV SAD REFLECTIONS

CHAPTER XXV THE FAIR

CHAPTER XXVI AT MARIE'S BEDSIDE

CHAPTER XXVII MARIE'S DEATH

CHAPTER XXVIII LAURENCE'S DEPARTURE

CHAPTER XXIX CONCLUSION

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