CORA AND THE FRENCH MAID MEASURE SWORDS 155 XVI.   FACE TO FACE 167 XVII.   GATHERING CLUES 184 XVIII.   THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP WIELDS THE SURGEON'S KNIFE 191 XIX.   A DUAL RENUNCIATION 203 XX.   STRUGGLING AGAINST FATE 215 XXI.   HAGAR AND CORA 229 XXII.   TO BE, TO DO, TO SUFFER 239 XXIII.   SETTING SOME SNARES 244 XXIV.   A VERITABLE GHOST 251 XXV.   SOME DAYS OF WAITING 257 XXVI.   NOT A BAD DAY'S WORK 265 XXVII.   CLAIRE TURNS CIRCE 272 XXVIII.   THE CURTAIN RISES ON THE MIMIC STAGE 279 XXIX.   A STARTLING EPISODE 291 XXX.   WAITING 299 XXXI.   MR. PERCY SHAKES HIMSELF 303 XXXII.   A SILKEN BELT 310 XXXIII.   CROSS PURPOSES 316 XXXIV.   A SLIGHT COMPLICATION public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@26482@[email protected]#Page_322" class="pginternal"