NOVELS BY Paul de Kock VOLUME XX THE MILKMAID OF MONTFERMEIL

CONTENTS

I A CONVERSATION IN A CABRIOLET

II THE FALL

III THE CHILD AND THE BOWL

IV SOME PORTRAITS AFTER NATURE

V THE DRILL, THE SWING, THE STORM, AND THE MUSIC

VI THE COMPANY RETURNS TO PARIS

VII THE VILLAGE

VIII A BACHELOR’S MORNING RECEPTION

IX MADEMOISELLE TAPOTTE AND THE MARQUIS

X THE INN

XI A VISIT TO MONTFERMEIL

XII INVESTMENTS AND INNOCENT GAMES.—THE PUNCH AND THE LAMP-POST

XIII DENISE AND COCO IN PARIS

XIV THE SCHOOL FOR PARVENUS

XV THAT WHICH WAS FORESEEN

XVI A SCENE IN SOCIETY

XVII THE FIFTH FLOOR

XVIII THE GRISETTES AT THE VILLAGE.—THE EVENING PARTY AND THE GHOST

XIX A MAN IN A THOUSAND

XX POOR DENISE

XXII BERTRAND’S STRATAGEM

XXIII THE WEDDING PARTY

XXIV A SKETCH OF ITALY

XXV WHICH COVERS A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS

XXVI THE RETURN

XXVII AVOWALS.—THE PROPOSAL

XXVIII VIRGINIE AGAIN

XXIX WHAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED.—RETURN TO THE VILLAGE