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PART I. THE ELECTION I. ALL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH A BUSTLE II. REVOLT OF A LIBERAL ROTTEN-BOROUGH III. OPPOSITION DEFINES ITSELF IV. THE FIRST PARLIAMENTARY TEMPEST V. THE PERPLEXITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ARCIS VI. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1814 FROM THE HOSIERY POINT OF VIEW VII. THE BEAUVISAGE FAMILY VIII. IN WHICH THE DOT, ONE OF THE HEROINES OF THIS HISTORY, APPEARS IX. A STRANGER X. THE REVELATIONS OF AN OPERA-GLASS XI. IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE BEGINS TO LOSE VOTES XII. THE SALON OF MADAME D’ESPARD XIII. PREFACE BEFORE LETTERING       PART II. LETTERS EXPLANATORY I. THE COMTE DE L’ESTORADE TO MONSIEUR MARIE-GASTON II. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS III. THE COMTE DE L’ESTORADE TO MONSIEUR MARIE-GASTON IV. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORAADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS V. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS VI. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS VII. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS VIII. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS IX. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON X. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON XI. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS XII. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON XIII. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON XIV. MARIE-GASTON TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE XV. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE XVI. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE XVII. MARIE-GASTON TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE XVIII. CHARLES DE SALLENAUVE TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE XIX. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE       PART III. MONSIEUR DE SALLENAUVE I. THE SORROWS OF MONSIEUR DE TRAILLES II. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ELEVEN O’CLOCK AND MIDNIGHT III. A MINISTER’S MORNING IV. A CATECHISM V. CHILDREN VI. CURIOSITY THAT CAME WITHIN AN ACE OF BEING FATAL VII. THE WAY TO MANAGE POLITICAL INTRIGUES VIII. SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES IX. IN THE CHAMBER

PART I. THE ELECTION