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Contents

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BEATRIX

I. A BRETON TOWN AND MANSION II. THE BARON, HIS WIFE, AND SISTER III. THREE BRETON SILHOUETTES IV. A NORMAL EVENING V. CALYSTE VI. BIOGRAPHY OF CAMILLE MAUPIN VII. LES TOUCHES VIII. LA MARQUISE BEATRIX IX. A FIRST MEETING X. DRAMA XI. FEMALE DIPLOMACY XII. CORRESPONDENCE XIII. DUEL BETWEEN WOMEN XIV. AN EXCURSION TO CROISIC XV. CONTI XVI. SICKNESS UNTO DEATH XVII. A DEATH: A MARRIAGE XVIII. THE END OF A HONEY-MOON XIX. THE FIRST LIE OF A PIOUS DUCHESS XX. A SHORT TREATISE ON CERTAINTY XXI. THE WICKEDNESS OF A GOOD WOMAN XXII. THE NORMAL HISTORY OF AN UPPER-CLASS GRISETTE XXIII.     ONE OF THE DISEASES OF THE AGE XXIV. THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONS AND POSITION XXV. A PRINCE OF BOHEMIA XXVI. DISILLUSIONS—IN ALL BUT LA FONTAINE’S FABLES

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