NOVELS BY Paul de Kock VOLUME XVII BROTHER   JACQUES

CONTENTS

I A WEDDING PARTY AT THE CADRAN-BLEU.—THE MURVILLE FAMILY

II GREAT EVENTS CAUSED BY A JIG AND A SNUFF BOX

III DUFRESNE

IV PROJECTS OF BLISS

V THE FACE WITH MOUSTACHES

VI A DINNER PARTY IN THE COUNTRY

VII IN WHICH WE SEE THE MAN WITH MOUSTACHES ONCE MORE

VIII WE MUST NOT JUDGE BY APPEARANCES

IX BROTHER JACQUES’S ADVENTURES

X A LESSON IN MAGNETISM

XI JACQUES PUTS CLAIRETTE TO SLEEP AND ACCOMPLISHES MARVELS

XII MARVELOUS EXPERIMENTS OF THE LITTLE HUNCHBACK

XIII EFFECTS OF THE PHILTERS.—BROTHER JACQUES LEAVES HIS COMPANION

XIV END OF JACQUES’S ADVENTURES

XV FOUR MONTHS OF MARRIED LIFE.—NEW PLANS

XVI RETURN TO PARIS.—THE BUSINESS AGENT

XVII A GRAND PARTY.—A DECLARATION OF LOVE

XVIII FOLLY.—BLINDNESS.—WEAKNESS

XIX IT WAS NOT HER FAULT

XX THE PASSIONS TRAVEL FAST WHEN ONE DOES NOT RESIST THEM

XXI THE ROULETTE TABLE

XXII THE SCHEMERS.—THE GAMBLERS.—THE SWINDLERS

XXIII VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF A GAMBLING HOUSE

XXIV KIND HEARTS.—GRATITUDE

XXV THE LOTTERY OFFICE

XXVI THE KIND FRIENDS AND WHAT RESULTED

XXVII ADELINE FINDS A PROTECTOR

XXVIII THE AUDACIOUS VILLAIN.—THE COWARD.—THE DRUNKARD

XXIX THE PLACE DU PALAIS

XXX GOODMAN GERVAL

XXXI JACQUES AND SANS-SOUCI

XXXII THE GALLEY SLAVES

XXXIII THE WOOD-CUTTER AND THE ROBBERS

XXXIV DUFRESNE’S STORY

XXXV THE HOUSE IN THE VOSGES

XXXVI THE TRUTH SOMETIMES SEEMS IMPROBABLE

XXXVII WHO GOODMAN GERVAL WAS

XXXVIII THE SMALL GATE IN THE GARDEN ONCE MORE