The Azure Rose

PREFACE

CONTENTS

OUT OF ASHES

CHAPTER I IN WHICH, IF NOT LOVE, AT LEAST ANGER, LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS

CHAPTER II PROVIDING THE GENTLE READER WITH A CARD OF ADMISSION TO THE NEST OF THE TWO DOVES

CHAPTER III IN WHICH A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED

CHAPTER IV A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS

CHAPTER V WHICH TELLS HOW CARTARET RETURNED TO THE RUE DU VAL-DE-GRÂCE, AND WHAT HE FOUND THERE

CHAPTER VI CARTARET SETS UP HOUSEKEEPING

CHAPTER VII OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY, OF DAY-DREAMS, AND OF A FAR COUNTRY AND ITS SOVEREIGN LADY

CHAPTER VIII CHIEFLY CONCERNING STRAWBERRIES

CHAPTER IX BEING THE TRUE REPORT OF A CHAPERONED DÉJEUNER

CHAPTER X AN ACCOUNT OF AN EMPTY PURSE AND A FULL HEART, IN THE COURSE OF WHICH THE AUTHOR BARELY ESCAPES TELLING A VERY OLD STORY

CHAPTER XI TELLS HOW CARTARET’S FORTUNE TURNED TWICE IN A FEW HOURS AND HOW HE FOUND ONE THING AND LOST ANOTHER

CHAPTER XII NARRATING HOW CARTARET BEGAN HIS QUEST OF THE ROSE

CHAPTER XIII FURTHER ADVENTURES OF AN AMATEUR BOTANIST

CHAPTER XIV SOMETHING OR OTHER ABOUT TRADITIONS

CHAPTER XV IN WHICH CARTARET TAKES PART IN THE REVIVAL OF AN ANCIENT CUSTOM

CHAPTER XVI AND LAST

ENVOI: THE SON OF JOEL.