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FIRST EPISODE. MADAME DE LA CHANTERIE

I. THE MALADY OF THE AGE II. OLD HOUSE, OLD PEOPLE, OLD CUSTOMS III. THE HOUSE OF MONGENOD IV. FAREWELL TO THE LIFE OF THE WORLD V. THE INFLUENCE OF BOOKS VI. THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE OF CHANTERIE AND COMPANY VII. MONSIEUR ALAIN TELLS HIS SECRETS VIII.    WHO SHE WAS—WIFE AND MOTHER IX. THE LEGAL STATEMENT X. PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DESPITEFULLY USE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU

SECOND EPISODE. THE INITIATE

XI. THE POLICE OF THE GOOD GOD XII. A CASE TO INVESTIGATE XIII. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS XIV. HOW THE POOR AND HELPLESS ARE PREYED UPON XV. AN EVENING WITH VANDA XVI. A LESSON IN CHARITY XVII. HALPERSOHN XVIII.    WHO MONSIEUR BERNARD WAS XIX. VENGEANCE

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FIRST EPISODE. MADAME DE LA CHANTERIE