CONTENTS.

THE First of the English. BOOK I. A Strange Trip to Antwerp.

CHAPTER I. THE FLOOD IN THE SCHELDE.

CHAPTER II. THE LADY OF THE BARGE.

CHAPTER III. THE SIX DRUNKARDS OF BRUSSELS.

CHAPTER IV. THE PATRIOT PAINTER.

CHAPTER V. “THE LION’S JAWS GAPE FOR ME!”

CHAPTER VI. THE DRINKING BOUT AT THE PAINTED INN.

CHAPTER VII. LOVE—BY A COUP DE MAIN.

CHAPTER VIII. “THE UNGAINABLE!—BUT I’LL GAIN HER!”

BOOK II. Twixt Love and War.

CHAPTER IX. “NO PROVISIONS, NO WATER, BUT PLENTY OF POWDER!”

CHAPTER X. THE SECRET OF THE STATUE.

CHAPTER XI. MAJOR GUIDO AMATI HAS A SPREE.

CHAPTER XII. “GET YOUR DAUGHTER OUT OF ANTWERP.”

CHAPTER XIII. “GOOD HEAVENS! WHAT AN INTRODUCTION!”

CHAPTER XIV. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD.

CHAPTER XV. THE BATTLE ON SKATES.

CHAPTER XVI. THE BERSERKER OATH.

CHAPTER XVII. ADVANCED WOMANHOOD IN 1573.

BOOK III. The Duke’s Unlucky Penny.

CHAPTER XVIII. “IS IT A DREAM?”

CHAPTER XIX. THE DAUGHTER’S DOWER.

CHAPTER XX. “PAPA’S COMING! I’LL—I’LL DO IT!”

CHAPTER XXI. “MY LORD OF ALVA!”

CHAPTER XXII. “OHO! THE FOX AT LAST!”

CHAPTER XXIII. “IT IS AN AFFAIR OF STATE!”

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