Table of Contents

Preface

I. Mr. John Harston Keeps an Appointment

II. Charity À La Mode

III. Thomas Gilray Makes an Investment

IV. Captain Hamilton Miggs of the “Black Eagle.”

V. Modern Athenians

VI. A Rectorial Election

VII. England Versus Scotland

VIII. A First Professional

IX. A Nasty Cropper

X. Dwellers in Bohemia

XI. Senior and Junior

XII. A Corner in Diamonds

XIII. Shadow and Light

XIV. A Slight Misunderstanding

XV. An Addition to the House

XVI. The First Step

XVII. The Land of Diamonds

XVIII. Major Tobias Clutterbuck Comes In for a Thousand Pounds

XIX. News from the Urals

XX. Mr. Hector O’flaherty Finds Something in the Paper

XXI. An Unexpected Blow

XXII. Robbers and Robbed

XXIII. A Momentous Resolution

XXIV. A Dangerous Promise

XXV. A Change of Front

XXVI. Breaking Ground

XXVII. Mrs. Scully of Morrison’s

XXVIII. Back in Bohemia

XXIX. The Great Dance at Morrison’s

XXX. At the “Cock and Cowslip. ”

XXXI. A Crisis at Eccleston Square

XXXII. A Conversation in the Eccleston Square Library

XXXIII. The Journey to the Priory

XXXIV. The Man with the Camp-Stool

XXXV. A Talk on the Lawn

XXXVI. The Incident of the Corridor

XXXVII. A Chase and a Brawl

XXXVIII. Girdlestone Sends for the Doctor

XXXIX. A Gleam of Light

XL. The Major has a Letter

XLI. The Clouds Grow Darker

XLII. The Three Faces at the Window

XLIII. The Bait on the Hook

XLIV. The Shadow of Death

XLV. The Invasion of Hampshire

XLVI. A Midnight Cruise

XLVII. Law and Order

XLVIII. Captain Hamilton Miggs Sees a Vision

XLIX. A Voyage in a Coffin Ship

L. Winds Up the Thread and Ties Two Knots at the End