BOOK I.

A STRANGE TRIP TO ANTWERP.

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• Chapter I.—The Flood in the Schelde,        5
• Chapter,, II.—The Lady of the Barge,        16
• Chapter,, III.—The Six Drunkards of Brussels,        35
• Chapter,, IV.—The Patriot Painter,        48
• Chapter,, V.—“The Lion’s Jaws Gape for Me!”        59
• Chapter,, VI.—The Drinking Bout at the Painted Inn,        70
• Chapter,, VII.—Love—By a Coup de Main,        85
• Chapter,, VIII.—“The Ungainable!—But I’ll Gain Her!”        101

BOOK II.

TWIXT LOVE AND WAR.

• Chapter IX.—“No Provisions, no Water, but Plenty of Powder!”        112
• Chapter,, X.—The Secret of the Statue,        123
• Chapter,, XI.—Major Guido Amati has a Spree,        131
• Chapter,, XII.—“Get Your Daughter Out of Antwerp,”        143
• Chapter,, XIII.—“Good Heavens! What an Introduction!”        155
• Chapter,, XIV.—The Providence of God,        165
• Chapter,, XV.—The Battle on Skates,        175
• Chapter,, XVI.—The Berserker Oath,        185
• Chapter,, XVII.—Advanced Womanhood in 1573,        194

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BOOK III.

THE DUKE’S UNLUCKY PENNY.

• Chapter XVIII.—“Is it a Dream?”        205
• Chapter,, XIX.—The Daughter’s Dower,        220
• Chapter,, XX.—“Papa’s Coming! I’ll—I’ll Do It,”        228
• Chapter,, XXI.—“My Lord of Alva,”        235
• Chapter,, XXII.—“Oho! The Fox at Last!”        249
• Chapter,, XXIII.—“It is an Affair of State,”        258

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