CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PAGE

I.

An Explosion

1

II.

The Broken Match

12

III.

The Mirror

26

IV.

Parting

36

V.

Sister Avice

46

VI.

The Proctor

57

VII.

The Pilgrim of Salisbury

68

VIII.

Old Playfellows

80

IX.

The King-maker

87

X.

Cold Welcome

101

XI.

Bernard

112

XII.

Word from the Wars

127

XIII.

A Knot

137

XIV.

The Lonely Bride

150

XV.

Wakefield Bridge

159

XVI.

A New Master

169

XVII.

Strange Guests

177

XVIII.

Witchery

185

XIX.

A March Hare

195

XX.

A Blight on the White Rose

205

XXI.

The Wounded Knight

213

XXII.

The City of Bridges

222

XXIII.

The Cankered Oak Gall

231

XXIV.

Grisell’s Patience

244

XXV.

The Old Duchess

253

XXVI.

The Duke’s Death

260

XXVII.

Forget Me Not

268

XXVIII.

The Pageant

274

XXIX.

Duchess Margaret

285

XXX.

The Wedding Chimes

295