CONTENTS

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I The Question of Barbara 1

II The Naked Soul 15

III The Man for Brunswick 22

IV Stuart Stirs the Quarry 32

V "Where Have We Met?" 48

VI The Heathen Silver 68

VII From the Girdle to the Heart 77

VIII Gretchen's Boy 94

IX The Lie and the Locket 107

X Sweden Intervenes 7

XI The Dogs of Scotland 129

XII The Breaking of a Door 136

XIII A First Indiscretion 149

XIV Red Beard Comes 158

XV Sin Resurrected 173

XVI A Piece of Play-Acting 181

XVII Spreading the Snare 196