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Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) — 97 episodes
The procession
Where Chicot guesses why D'Epernon had blood on his feet and none in his cheeks
Where Chicot wakes
A visit to the house at Les Tournelles
In which Chicot sleeps
The combat
Chicot the First
The watchers
The friends of Bussy
A promenade at the Tournelles
Interest and capital
How Brother Gorenflot found himself more than ever between a gallows and an abbey
What was passing near the Bastille while Chicot was paying his debt to Y. de Mayenne
The Fete Dieu
Which will elucidate the previous chapter
The morning of the combat
The assassination
The end
How M. le Duc D'Anjou signed, and after having signed, spoke
What M. de Monsoreau came to announce
The Prince and the friend
Eteocles and Polynices
The ideas of the Duc D'Anjou
In what respect M. de St. Luc was more civilized than M. de Bussy, the lessons which he gave him, and the use which M. de Bussy made of them
What temper the King was in when St. Luc reappeared at the Louvre
A flight of Angevins
The Precautions of M. de Monsoreau
Ventre St. Gris
How M. le Duc D'Anjou went to Meridor to congratulate Madame de Monsoreau on the death of her husband, and found him there before him
In which we see the Queen Mother enter the town of Angers, but not triumphantly
The friends
How, as Chicot and the Queen Mother were agreed, the King began to agree with them
The reception of the chiefs of The League
The chess of M. Chicot, and the cup and ball of M. Quelus
How M. de St. Luc acquitted himself of the commission given to him by Bussy
How the ambassador of the Duc D'Anjou arrived at the Louvre, and the reception he met with
How M. de Monsoreau opened and shut his eyes, which proved that he was not dead
Which is only the end of the preceding one
In which it is proved that gratitude was one of St. Luc's virtues
In which it is proved that listening is the best way to hear
How Bussy was offered three hundred pistoles for his horse, and parted with him for nothing
How people do not always lose their time by searching empty drawers
Diana's second journey to Paris
How D'Epernon had his doublet torn, and how Chomberg was stained blue
Bussy and Diana
Castor and Pollux
The diplomacy of the Duc D'Anjou
Chicot more than ever King of France
The evening of the League
How Chicot paid a visit to Bussy, and what followed
In which we meet two important personages whom we have lost sight of for some time
Etymology of the Rue de la Jussienne
How the King annexed a chief who was neither the Duc de Guise nor M. D'Anjou
The inconvenience of large litters and narrow doors
How the King learned the flight of his beloved brother, and what followed
The project of M. de St. Luc
Little causes and great effects
Roland
How M. de St. Luc showed M. de Monsoreau the trust that the King had taught him
The Rue de la Ferronnerie
How the king was afraid of being afraid
The old man
How the angel made a mistake and spoke to Chicot, thinking it was the king
How Bussy found both the portrait and the original
How Brother Gorenflot remained convinced that he was a somnambulist, and bitterly deplored this infirmity
Chicot and the King
Brother Gorenflot
What passed between M. de Monsoreau and the Duke
Le petite coucher of Henri III
How it is not always he who opens the door, who enters the house
How Brother Gorenflot traveled upon an ass, named Panurge, and learned many things he did not know before
M. Bryan de Monsoreau
The father and daughter
How Chicot used his sword
How Remy-le-Haudouin had, in Bussy's absence, established a communication with the Rue St. Antione
How, without anyone knowing why, the king was converted before the next day
How the monk confessed the advocate, and the advocate the monk
How Chicot and his companion installed themselves at the Hotel of the Cross, and how they were received by the host
How Brother Gorenflot changed his ass for a mule, and his mule for a horse
The marriage (continued)
How the Duc D'Anjou learned that Diana was not dead
How M. and Madame de St. Luc met with a traveling companion
How it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a dream from the reality
How Madame de St. Luc had passed the night
The marriage
How Henri III. traveled, and how long it took him to get from Paris to Fontainebleau
How Brother Gorenflot awoke, and the reception he met with at his convent
How Chicot found out that it was easier to go in than out of the abbey
Who Diana was
What M. de Guise came to do at the Louvre
How Chicot returned to the Louvre, and was received by the King Henri III.
How Bussy went to seek for the reality of his dream
How Chicot learned genealogy
How Madame de St. Luc passed the second night of her marriage
The treaty
How Chicot, forced to remain in the abbey, saw and heard things very dangerous to see and hear
The wedding of St. Luc