ESCAPE—SHE RESOLVES ON ATTEMPTING IT 298

XXXVIII. THE COUNTESS’S ESCAPE—A LAST VISIT TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BAR-SUR-AUBE 305

XXXIX. IN LONDON—THE COUNTESS GIVES UP FORGERY AND TAKES TO CALUMNY 314

XL. THE COUNT HAWKS THE LIBELS ABROAD—IS IMPRISONED IN LA FORCE AND THE CONCIERGERIE—THE LAST OF THE DE LA MOTTE LIBELS 324

XLI. RETRIBUTION—THE CRIMINAL AND HER ACCOMPLICES 336