LV.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Monsieur de Guise's Latin | 1 |
| II. | The Queen of Navarre's Bedchamber. | 13 |
| III. | The Poet-king | 25 |
| IV. | The Evening of the 24th of August, 1572 | 36 |
| V. | Of the Louvre in Particular, and Of Virtue in General | 44 |
| VI. | The Debt Paid | 53 |
| VII. | The Night of the 24th of August, 1572 | 64 |
| VIII. | The Massacre | 78 |
| IX. | The Murderers | 89 |
| X. | Death, Mass, Or the Bastille | 102 |
| XI. | The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of The Innocents | 114 |
| XII. | Mutual Confidences | 125 |
| XIII. | How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant for | 132 |
| XIV. | The Second Marriage Night | 142 |
| XV. | What Woman Wills, God Wills | 150 |
| XVI. | A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet | 164 |
| XVII. | Maître Ambroise Paré's Confrère | 176 |
| XVIII. | The Ghosts | 183 |
| XIX. | The Abode of Maître Réné, Perfumer To the Queen Mother | 193 |
| XX. | The Black Hens | 204 |
| XXI. | Madame de Sauve's Apartment | 210 |
| XXII. | "sire, You Shall Be King" | 219 |
| XXIII. | A New Convert | 224 |
| XXIV. | The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percée |