_ RENEE TO LOUISE
       1829.
       My darling,--When you hold this letter in your hands, I shall be already near, for I am starting a few minutes after it. We shall be alone together. Louis is obliged to remain in Provence because of the approaching elections. He wants to be elected again, and the Liberals are already plotting against his return.
       I don't come to comfort you; I only bring you my heart to beat in sympathy with yours, and help you to bear with life. I come to bid you weep, for only with tears can you purchase the joy of meeting him again. Remember, he is traveling towards Heaven, and every step forward which you take brings you nearer to him. Every duty done breaks a link in the chain that keeps you apart.
       Louise, in my arms you will once more raise your head and go on your way to him, pure, noble, washed of all those errors, which had no root in your heart, and bearing with you the harvest of good deeds which, in his name, you will accomplish here.
       I scribble these hasty lines in all the bustle of preparation, and interrupted by the babies and by Armand, who keeps saying, "Godmother, godmother! I want to see her," till I am almost jealous. He might be your child! _

Dedication
First Part
   First Part - 1. Louise De Chaulieu To Renee De Maucombe
   First Part - 2. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 3. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 4. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 5. Renee De Maucombe To Louise De Chaulieu
   First Part - 6. Don Felipe Henarez To Don Fernand
   First Part - 7. Louise De Chaulieu To Renee De Maucombe
   First Part - 8. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 9. Mme. De L'estorade To Mlle. De Chaulieu
   First Part - 10. Mlle. De Chaulieu To Mme. De L'estorade
   First Part - 11. Mme. De L'estorade To Mlle. De Chaulieu
   First Part - 12. Mlle. De Chaulieu To Mme. De L'estorade
   First Part - 13. Mme. De L'estorade To Mlle. De Chaulieu
   First Part - 14. The Duc De Soria To The Baron De Macumer
   First Part - 15. Louise De Chaulieu To Mme. De L'estorade
   First Part - 16. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 17. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 18. Mme. De L'estorade To Louise De Chaulieu
   First Part - 19. Louise De Chaulieu To Mme. De L'estorade
   First Part - 20. Renee De L'estorade To Louise De Chaulieu
   First Part - 21. Louise De Chaulieu To Renee De L'estorade
   First Part - 22. Louise To Felipe
   First Part - 23. Felipe To Louise
   First Part - 24. Louise De Chaulieu To Renee De L'estorade
   First Part - 25. Renee De L'estorade To Louise De Chaulieu
   First Part - 26. Louise De Macumer To Renee De L'estorade
   First Part - 27. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 28. Renee De L'estorade To Louise De Macumer
   First Part - 29. M. De L'estorade To The Baronne De Macumer
   First Part - 30. Louise De Macumer To Renee De L'estorade
   First Part - 31. Renee De L'estorade To Louise De Macumer
   First Part - 32. Mme. De Macumer To Mme. De L'estorade
   First Part - 33. Mme. De L'estorade To Mme. De Macumer
   First Part - 34. Mme. De Macumer To The Vicomtesse De L'estorade
   First Part - 35. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 36. The Vicomtesse De L'estorade To The Baronne De Macumer
   First Part - 37. The Baronne De Macumer To The Vicomtesse De L'estorade
   First Part - 38. The Vicomtesse De L'estorade To The Baronne De Macumer
   First Part - 39. The Baronne De Macumer To The Vicomtesse De L'estorade
   First Part - 40. The Comtesse De L'estorade To The Baronne De Macumer
   First Part - 41. The Baronne De Macumer To The Vicomtesse De L'estorade
   First Part - 42. Renee To Louise
   First Part - 43. Mme. De Macumer To The Comtesse De L'estorade
   First Part - 44. The Same To The Same
   First Part - 45. Renee To Louise
   First Part - 46. Mme. De Macumer To The Comtesse De L'estorade
   First Part - 47. Renee To Louise
Second Part
   Second Part - 48. The Baronne De Macumer To The Comtesse De L'estorade
   Second Part - 49. Marie Gaston To Daniel D'arthez
   Second Part - 50. Mme. De L'estorade To Mme. De Macumer
   Second Part - 51. The Comtesse De L'estorade To Mme. Marie Gaston
   Second Part - 52. Mme. Gaston To Mme. De L'estorade
   Second Part - 53. Mme. De L'estorade To Mme. Gaston
   Second Part - 54. Mme. Gaston To The Comtesse De L'estorade
   Second Part - 55. The Comtesse De L'estorade To Mme. Gaston
   Second Part - 56. Mme. Gaston To The Comtesse De L'estorade
   Second Part - 57. The Comtesse De L'estorade To The Comte De L'estorade