CHAPTER XXXIX.

Louise Gauthier--The Conclusion

ENDNOTES.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WORKED FROM THE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS By John Leech

1. The Escape of Lachaussée Prevented

2. The Physician and Mountebank

3. The Capture

4. The Students Enlightening Maître Picard

5. Sainte-Croix Upbraiding the Marchioness

6. Louise Claiming Sanctuary

7. Bras D’acier and Lachaussée Outwitted

8. Le Premier Pas

9. The Duel

10. The Good and Evil Angels

11. Sainte-Croix Surprised by Exili

12. The Death of Sainte-Croix

13. The Arrest of Exili

14. ‘Then, Madame, you are mine at last!’

15. The Marchioness going to Execution

THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS