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TEMPORAL POWER

A STUDY IN SUPREMACY

By Marie Corelli




CONTENTS

I. THE KING'S PLEASAUNCE

II. MAJESTY CONSIDERS AND RESOLVES

III. A NATION OR A CHURCH?

IV. SEALED ORDERS

V. "IF I LOVED YOU!"

VI. SERGIUS THORD

VII. THE IDEALISTS

VIII. THE KING'S DOUBLE

IX. THE PREMIER'S SIGNET

X. THE ISLANDS

XI. "GLORIA--IN EXCELSIS!"

XII. A SEA PRINCESS

XIII. SECRET SERVICE

XIV. THE KING'S VETO

XV. "MORGANATIC" OR--?

XVI. THE PROFESSOR ADVISES

XVII. AN "HONOURABLE" STATESMAN

XVIII. ROYAL LOVERS

XIX. OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE STATE

XX. THE SCORN OF KINGS

XXI. AN INVITATION TO COURT

XXII. A FAIR DEBUTANTE

XXIII. THE KING'S DEFENDER

XXIV. A WOMAN'S REASON

XXV. "I SAY--'ROME'!"

XXVI. "ONE WAY--ONE WOMAN!"

XXVII. THE SONG OF FREEDOM

XXVIII. "FATE GIVES--THE KING!"

XXIX. THE COMRADE OF HIS FOES

XXX. KING AND SOCIALIST

XXXI. A VOTE FOR LOVE

XXXII. BETWEEN TWO PASSIONS

XXXIII. SAILING TO THE INFINITE

XXXIV. ABDICATION




CHAPTER I

THE KING'S PLEASAUNCE


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