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IV CONTENTS. CHAPTER V. TXr.E PoEsiE Du Beau Sexe 121 CHAPTER VI. "The many Yeaes of Pain that taught me Art" . 123 CHAPTER VII. Latet Anguis in Herba 146 CHAPTER VIII. A Jester who hated both Prince and Palace . . 173 BOOK THE SECOND. CHAPTER I. Under the Waters of Nile ' 193 CHAPTER II. The Dark Diadem 211 CHAPTER HI. Buttekflies on the Pin 230 CHAPTER IV. " Straight was a Path of Gold for Him" . . . 242 CHAPTER V. Clarencieux 248 CHAPTER VI. The Poem among the Violets 2SG