CONTENTS
Book the First Recalled to Life
I The Period…………………………………………………………… 3
II The Mail……………………………………………………………… 7
III The Night Shadows…………………………………………………14
IV The Preparation………….…………………………………………20
V The Wine-Shop………………………………………………………34
VI The Shoemaker…………..…………………………………………47
Book the Second The Golden Thread
I Five Years Later………………………………………………………63
II A Sight…………………………………………………………………71
III A Disappointment……………………………………………………79
IV Congratulatory…….…………………………………………………96
V The Jackal…….…………………………………………………… 104
VI Hundreds of People……………………………………………… 111
VII Monseigneur in Town…………………………………………… 126
VIII Monseigneur in the Country…………………………………… 137
IX The Gorgon’s Head……………………………………………… 144
X Two Promises… ………………………………………………… 158
XI A Companion Picture…………………………………………… 168
XII The Fellow of Delicacy………………………………………… 173
XIII The Fellow of No Delicacy…………………………………… 182
XIV The Honest Tradesman……………………………………… 188
XV Knitting……………………………..…………………………… 201
XVI Still Knitting…………....……………………………………… 215
XVII One Night………………..…………………………………… 229
XVIII Nine Days………………….………………………………… 235
XIX An Opinion…………………….……………………………… 243
XX A Plea……………………………..…………………………… 252
XXI Echoing Footsteps…………………………………………… 257
XXII The Sea Still Rises………..………………………………… 271
XXIII Fire Rises………...……….………………………………… 278
XXIV Drawn to the Loadstone Rock……………………………… 287
Book the Third The Track of a Storm
I In Secret…………………………………………………………… 303
II The Grindstone…………………………………………………… 317
III The Shadow……………………………………………………… 325
IV Calm in Storm…………………………………………………… 331
V The Wood-Sawyer……………………………………………… 338
VI Triumph………………………………………………………… 346
VII A Knock at the Door…………………………………………… 354
VIII A Hand at Cards……………………………………………… 361
IX The Game Made………………………………………….……… 377
X The Substance of the Shadow…………………………………… 392
XI Dusk………………………………………………………..……… 410
XII Darkness………………………………………….……………… 415
XIII Fifty-Two………………………………………………………… 426
XIV The Knitting Done……………………………………………… 441
XV The Footsteps Die Out For Ever……………………………… 456