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CHAPTER I. AN EXILE IN LONDON
CHAPTER II. A GENTLEMAN-ADVENTURER
CHAPTER III. AT THE GARDEN GATE
CHAPTER IV. THE LANGLEYS
CHAPTER V. 'MY GREAT DEED WAS TOO GREAT'
CHAPTER VI. 'HERE IS MY THRONE—BID KINGS COME BOW TO IT'
CHAPTER VII. THE PRINCE AND CLAUDIO
CHAPTER VIII. 'I WONDER WHY?'
CHAPTER IX. THE PRIVATE SECRETARY
CHAPTER X. A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER XI. HELENA
CHAPTER XII. DOLORES
CHAPTER XIII. DOLORES ON THE LOOK-OUT
CHAPTER XIV. A SICILIAN KNIFE
CHAPTER XV. 'IF I WERE TO ASK YOU?'
CHAPTER XVI. THE CHILDREN OF GRIEVANCE
CHAPTER XVII. MISS PAULO'S OBSERVATION
CHAPTER XVIII. HELENA KNOWS HERSELF, BUT NOT THE OTHER
CHAPTER XIX. TYPICAL AMERICANS—NO DOUBT
CHAPTER XX. THE DEAREST GIRL IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXI. MORGIANA
CHAPTER XXII. THE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXIII. THE PANGS OF THE SUPPRESSED MESSAGE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE EXPLOSION
CHAPTER XXV. SOME VICTIMS
CHAPTER XXVI. 'WHEN ROGUES——'
CHAPTER XXVII. 'SINCE IT IS SO!'
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE DICTATOR
The May sunlight streamed in through the window, making curious patternsof the curtains upon the carpet. Outside, the tide of life was flowingfast; the green leaves of the Park were already offering agreeable shadeto early strollers; the noise of cabs and omnibuses had set in steadilyfor the day. Outside, Knightsbridge was awake and active; inside, sleepreigned with quiet. The room was one of the best bedrooms in Paulo'sHotel; it was really tastefully furnished, soberly decorated, in thestyle of the fifteenth French Louis. A very good copy of Watteau wasover the mantel-piece, the only picture in the room. There had been afire in the hearth overnight, for a grey ash lay there. Outside on theample balcony stood a laurel in a big blue po